#45A7CE#45A7CE

#45A7CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.107 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A7CE
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -16.42, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 32.71, 239.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0718 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.107 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4091, 33.3559, 63.3744)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A7CE #CE6C45

analogous

#45CEB1 #45A7CE #4563CE

triadic

#45A7CE #CE45A7 #A7CE45

tetradic

#45A7CE #B145CE #CE6C45 #63CE45

square

#45A7CE #B145CE #CE6C45 #63CE45

split-complementary

#45A7CE #CE4563 #CEB145

monochromatic

#205F79 #2D86A9 #45A7CE #75BEDB #A6D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#45A7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#45A7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A7CE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A7CE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.107 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c1dd',
    500: '#45a7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a7ce;
$custom-light: #88c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.08,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68665,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A7CE

secondary

#D5AB9A

accent

#7246E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A7CE

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

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