#45A7CB#45A7CB

#45A7CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.104 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A7CB
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 17.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -17.38, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 31.94, 237.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0729 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.104 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0481, 33.2115, 61.4733)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A7CB #CB6945

analogous

#45CBAC #45A7CB #4564CB

triadic

#45A7CB #CB45A7 #A7CB45

tetradic

#45A7CB #AC45CB #CB6945 #64CB45

square

#45A7CB #AC45CB #CB6945 #64CB45

split-complementary

#45A7CB #CB4564 #CBAC45

monochromatic

#215E75 #2E85A5 #45A7CB #75BED8 #A5D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#45A7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#45A7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A7CB

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A7CB	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.104 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c1db',
    500: '#45a7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a7cb;
$custom-light: #87c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68534,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A7CB

secondary

#D3A999

accent

#7148E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A7CB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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