#45A9CF#45A9CF

#45A9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.107 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A9CF
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -17.17, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 32.73, 238.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0734 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.107 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9002, 34.1431, 64.1393)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A9CF #CF6B45

analogous

#45CFB0 #45A9CF #4564CF

triadic

#45A9CF #CF45A9 #A9CF45

tetradic

#45A9CF #B045CF #CF6B45 #64CF45

square

#45A9CF #B045CF #CF6B45 #64CF45

split-complementary

#45A9CF #CF4564 #CFB045

monochromatic

#20617A #2C88AB #45A9CF #76BFDC #A6D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#45A9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#45A9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A9CF

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A9CF	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.107 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2dd',
    500: '#45a9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a9cf;
$custom-light: #88c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6918,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A9CF

secondary

#D5AB9B

accent

#7146E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A9CF

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

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