#45ACC3#45ACC3

#45ACC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.099 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACC3
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 195)
HSL	hsl(191, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -22.48, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 30.45, 222.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0811 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.099 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0530, 34.7075, 56.8927)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACC3 #C35C45

analogous

#45C39B #45ACC3 #456DC3

triadic

#45ACC3 #C345AC #ACC345

tetradic

#45ACC3 #9B45C3 #C35C45 #6DC345

square

#45ACC3 #9B45C3 #C35C45 #6DC345

split-complementary

#45ACC3 #C3456D #C39B45

monochromatic

#235E6B #318699 #45ACC3 #73C1D2 #A2D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#45ACC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#45ACC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACC3

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACC3	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A99C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.099 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c5d5',
    500: '#45acc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acc3;
$custom-light: #87c5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.952,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69388,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACC3

secondary

#CEA096

accent

#674DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACC3

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

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