#45ABC8#45ABC8

#45ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.102 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABC8
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -20.42, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 31.13, 228.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0781 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.102 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4382, 34.5582, 59.8567)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABC8 #C86245

analogous

#45C8A3 #45ABC8 #456AC8

triadic

#45ABC8 #C845AB #ABC845

tetradic

#45ABC8 #A345C8 #C86245 #6AC845

square

#45ABC8 #A345C8 #C86245 #6AC845

split-complementary

#45ABC8 #C8456A #C8A345

monochromatic

#216071 #2F87A0 #45ABC8 #74C0D6 #A3D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#45ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#45ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABC8

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABC8	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.102 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4d8',
    500: '#45abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abc8;
$custom-light: #87c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.282,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69354,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABC8

secondary

#D1A598

accent

#6B4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABC8

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

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