#45A8CE#45A8CE

#45A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.107 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8CE
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -16.96, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 32.59, 238.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0728 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.107 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5930, 33.7237, 63.4357)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8CE #CE6B45

analogous

#45CEB0 #45A8CE #4564CE

triadic

#45A8CE #CE45A8 #A8CE45

tetradic

#45A8CE #B045CE #CE6B45 #64CE45

square

#45A8CE #B045CE #CE6B45 #64CE45

split-complementary

#45A8CE #CE4564 #CEB045

monochromatic

#206079 #2D87A9 #45A8CE #75BFDB #A6D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#45A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#45A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8CE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8CE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.107 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2dd',
    500: '#45a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8ce;
$custom-light: #88c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.689,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8CE

secondary

#D5AA9A

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8CE

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

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