#45A8CF#45A8CF

#45A8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.107 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8CF
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -16.64, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 32.85, 239.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0724 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.107 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7149, 33.7725, 64.0775)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8CF #CF6C45

analogous

#45CFB1 #45A8CF #4563CF

triadic

#45A8CF #CF45A8 #A8CF45

tetradic

#45A8CF #B145CF #CF6C45 #63CF45

square

#45A8CF #B145CF #CF6C45 #63CF45

split-complementary

#45A8CF #CF4563 #CFB145

monochromatic

#20607A #2C87AB #45A8CF #76BFDC #A6D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#45A8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#45A8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8CF

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8CF	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)

#93A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.107 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2dd',
    500: '#45a8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8cf;
$custom-light: #88c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68944,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8CF

secondary

#D5AB9B

accent

#7246E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8CF

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

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