#45AECB#45AECB

#45AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AECB
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -21.05, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 31.64, 228.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0801 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.104 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3654, 35.8460, 61.9124)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AECB #CB6245

analogous

#45CBA5 #45AECB #456BCB

triadic

#45AECB #CB45AE #AECB45

tetradic

#45AECB #A545CB #CB6245 #6BCB45

square

#45AECB #A545CB #CB6245 #6BCB45

split-complementary

#45AECB #CB456B #CBA545

monochromatic

#216375 #2E8BA5 #45AECB #75C3D8 #A5D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#45AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#45AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AECB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AECB	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6db',
    500: '#45aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aecb;
$custom-light: #88c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.985,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70191,
    "c": 0.10365,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AECB

secondary

#D3A699

accent

#6948E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AECB

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

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