#45A8CB#45A8CB

#45A8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8CB
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -17.91, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 31.85, 235.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0739 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.104 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2320, 33.5793, 61.5346)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8CB #CB6845

analogous

#45CBAB #45A8CB #4565CB

triadic

#45A8CB #CB45A8 #A8CB45

tetradic

#45A8CB #AB45CB #CB6845 #65CB45

square

#45A8CB #AB45CB #CB6845 #65CB45

split-complementary

#45A8CB #CB4565 #CBAB45

monochromatic

#215F75 #2E86A5 #45A8CB #75BED8 #A5D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#45A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#45A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8CB

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8CB	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2db',
    500: '#45a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8cb;
$custom-light: #87c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6877,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8CB

secondary

#D3A899

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8CB

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

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