#45A8CA#45A8CA

#45A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8CA
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -18.22, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 31.62, 234.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0743 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.104 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1133, 33.5318, 60.9090)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8CA #CA6745

analogous

#45CAA9 #45A8CA #4565CA

triadic

#45A8CA #CA45A8 #A8CA45

tetradic

#45A8CA #A945CA #CA6745 #65CA45

square

#45A8CA #A945CA #CA6745 #65CA45

split-complementary

#45A8CA #CA4565 #CAA945

monochromatic

#215F74 #2F85A3 #45A8CA #75BED8 #A4D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#45A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#45A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8CA

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8CA	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2da',
    500: '#45a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8ca;
$custom-light: #87c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.338,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68727,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8CA

secondary

#D2A799

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8CA

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

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