#45ABCE#45ABCE

#45ABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.106 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABCE
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -18.54, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 32.32, 234.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0758 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.106 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1532, 34.8442, 63.6224)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABCE #CE6845

analogous

#45CEAC #45ABCE #4567CE

triadic

#45ABCE #CE45AB #ABCE45

tetradic

#45ABCE #AC45CE #CE6845 #67CE45

square

#45ABCE #AC45CE #CE6845 #67CE45

split-complementary

#45ABCE #CE4567 #CEAC45

monochromatic

#206279 #2D89A9 #45ABCE #75C1DB #A6D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#45ABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#45ABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABCE

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABCE	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.106 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4dd',
    500: '#45abce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abce;
$custom-light: #88c4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.328,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69608,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABCE

secondary

#D5A99A

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABCE

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

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