#45A8BC#45A8BC

#45A8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.095 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8BC
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -22.56, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 29.39, 219.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0797 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.095 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5302, 32.8986, 52.5718)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8BC #BC5945

analogous

#45BC94 #45A8BC #456CBC

triadic

#45A8BC #BC45A8 #A8BC45

tetradic

#45A8BC #9445BC #BC5945 #6CBC45

square

#45A8BC #9445BC #BC5945 #6CBC45

split-complementary

#45A8BC #BC456C #BC9445

monochromatic

#245863 #348090 #45A8BC #72BDCC #9FD2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#45A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#45A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8BC

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8BC	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.095 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d0',
    500: '#45a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8bc;
$custom-light: #86c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.084,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68148,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8BC

secondary

#C99D94

accent

#6851D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8BC

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

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