#45ABC5#45ABC5

#45ABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.100 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABC5
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -21.35, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 30.65, 225.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0793 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.1 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0911, 34.4193, 58.0284)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABC5 #C55F45

analogous

#45C59F #45ABC5 #456BC5

triadic

#45ABC5 #C545AB #ABC545

tetradic

#45ABC5 #9F45C5 #C55F45 #6BC545

square

#45ABC5 #9F45C5 #C55F45 #6BC545

split-complementary

#45ABC5 #C5456B #C59F45

monochromatic

#225E6D #31869C #45ABC5 #74C0D4 #A2D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#45ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#45ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABC5

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABC5	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.100 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4d6',
    500: '#45abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abc5;
$custom-light: #87c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.188,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6923,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABC5

secondary

#CFA297

accent

#694CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABC5

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

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