#45A7CC#45A7CC

#45A7CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.105 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A7CC
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -17.06, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 32.19, 237.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0725 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.105 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1677, 33.2594, 62.1029)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A7CC #CC6A45

analogous

#45CCAD #45A7CC #4563CC

triadic

#45A7CC #CC45A7 #A7CC45

tetradic

#45A7CC #AD45CC #CC6A45 #63CC45

square

#45A7CC #AD45CC #CC6A45 #63CC45

split-complementary

#45A7CC #CC4563 #CCAD45

monochromatic

#205F76 #2E85A6 #45A7CC #75BED9 #A5D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#45A7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#45A7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A7CC

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A7CC	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.105 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c1db',
    500: '#45a7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a7cc;
$custom-light: #87c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68577,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A7CC

secondary

#D3A999

accent

#7148E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A7CC

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

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