#45A7CD#45A7CD

#45A7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.106 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A7CD
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -16.74, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 32.44, 238.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0721 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.106 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2880, 33.3075, 62.7366)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A7CD #CD6B45

analogous

#45CDAF #45A7CD #4563CD

triadic

#45A7CD #CD45A7 #A7CD45

tetradic

#45A7CD #AF45CD #CD6B45 #63CD45

square

#45A7CD #AF45CD #CD6B45 #63CD45

split-complementary

#45A7CD #CD4563 #CDAF45

monochromatic

#205F77 #2D85A8 #45A7CD #75BEDA #A5D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#45A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#45A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A7CD

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A7CD	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.106 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c1dc',
    500: '#45a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a7cd;
$custom-light: #88c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68621,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A7CD

secondary

#D4AA9A

accent

#7247E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A7CD

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

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