#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
RGBrgb(69, 169, 204)
HSLhsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSVhsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(64.96, -18.12, -26.38)
CIE-LCHlch(64.96, 32.01, 235.52°)
OKLaboklab(69.05% -0.0745 -0.0737)
OKLCHoklch(69.05% 0.105 224.7)
XYZxyz(27.5369, 33.9978, 62.2260)
Luminance0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##45A9CC1.002.697.807.80
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8021.001.001.00
##0000007.8021.001.001.00

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

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#45A9CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva