#45A8CD#45A8CD

#45A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.106 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8CD
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -17.27, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 32.33, 237.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0732 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.106 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4719, 33.6753, 62.7979)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8CD #CD6A45

analogous

#45CDAE #45A8CD #4564CD

triadic

#45A8CD #CD45A8 #A8CD45

tetradic

#45A8CD #AE45CD #CD6A45 #64CD45

square

#45A8CD #AE45CD #CD6A45 #64CD45

split-complementary

#45A8CD #CD4564 #CDAE45

monochromatic

#206077 #2D86A8 #45A8CD #75BFDA #A5D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#45A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#45A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8CD

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8CD	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.106 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2dc',
    500: '#45a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8cd;
$custom-light: #88c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68857,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8CD

secondary

#D4AA9A

accent

#7147E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8CD

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

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