#45A8CC#45A8CC

#45A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.105 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8CC
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -17.59, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 32.09, 236.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0735 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.105 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3516, 33.6272, 62.1642)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8CC #CC6945

analogous

#45CCAC #45A8CC #4564CC

triadic

#45A8CC #CC45A8 #A8CC45

tetradic

#45A8CC #AC45CC #CC6945 #64CC45

square

#45A8CC #AC45CC #CC6945 #64CC45

split-complementary

#45A8CC #CC4564 #CCAC45

monochromatic

#205F76 #2E86A6 #45A8CC #75BED9 #A5D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#45A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#45A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8CC

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8CC	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.105 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2db',
    500: '#45a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8cc;
$custom-light: #87c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68813,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8CC

secondary

#D3A999

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8CC

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

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