#45A8BF#45A8BF

#45A8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.097 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8BF
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -21.64, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 29.71, 223.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0785 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.097 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8570, 33.0293, 54.2927)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8BF #BF5C45

analogous

#45BF99 #45A8BF #456BBF

triadic

#45A8BF #BF45A8 #A8BF45

tetradic

#45A8BF #9945BF #BF5C45 #6BBF45

square

#45A8BF #9945BF #BF5C45 #6BBF45

split-complementary

#45A8BF #BF456B #BF9945

monochromatic

#235A66 #338294 #45A8BF #73BDCF #A0D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#45A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#45A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8BF

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8BF	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8696BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.097 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d2',
    500: '#45a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8bf;
$custom-light: #86c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68269,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8BF

secondary

#CB9F95

accent

#694FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8BF

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

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