#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
RGBrgb(69, 168, 203)
HSLhsl(196, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(64.63, -17.91, -26.34)
CIE-LCHlch(64.63, 31.85, 235.79°)
OKLaboklab(68.77% -0.0739 -0.0736)
OKLCHoklch(68.77% 0.104 224.9)
XYZxyz(27.2320, 33.5793, 61.5346)
Luminance0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##45A8CB1.002.727.727.72
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7221.001.001.00
##0000007.7221.001.001.00

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

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#45A8CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva