#45A9CC#45A9CC

#45A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.105 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A9CC
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -18.12, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 32.01, 235.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0745 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.105 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5369, 33.9978, 62.2260)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A9CC #CC6845

analogous

#45CCAC #45A9CC #4565CC

triadic

#45A9CC #CC45A9 #A9CC45

tetradic

#45A9CC #AC45CC #CC6845 #65CC45

square

#45A9CC #AC45CC #CC6845 #65CC45

split-complementary

#45A9CC #CC4565 #CCAC45

monochromatic

#206076 #2E87A6 #45A9CC #75BFD9 #A5D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#45A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#45A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A9CC

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A9CC	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.105 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2db',
    500: '#45a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a9cc;
$custom-light: #88c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69049,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A9CC

secondary

#D3A899

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A9CC

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

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