#45A9CE#45A9CE

#45A9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.106 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A9CE
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -17.49, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 32.48, 237.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0738 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.106 226)
XYZ	xyz(27.7783, 34.0944, 63.4975)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A9CE #CE6A45

analogous

#45CEAE #45A9CE #4565CE

triadic

#45A9CE #CE45A9 #A9CE45

tetradic

#45A9CE #AE45CE #CE6A45 #65CE45

square

#45A9CE #AE45CE #CE6A45 #65CE45

split-complementary

#45A9CE #CE4565 #CEAE45

monochromatic

#206179 #2D88A9 #45A9CE #75BFDB #A6D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#45A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#45A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A9CE

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A9CE	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.106 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2dd',
    500: '#45a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a9ce;
$custom-light: #88c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69136,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.34097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A9CE

secondary

#D5AA9A

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A9CE

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

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