#45B0C8#45B0C8

#45B0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0C8
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -23.00, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 31.29, 222.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0833 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.102 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4006, 36.4829, 60.1775)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0C8 #C85D45

analogous

#45C89E #45B0C8 #456FC8

triadic

#45B0C8 #C845B0 #B0C845

tetradic

#45B0C8 #9E45C8 #C85D45 #6FC845

square

#45B0C8 #9E45C8 #C85D45 #6FC845

split-complementary

#45B0C8 #C8456F #C89E45

monochromatic

#216371 #2F8CA0 #45B0C8 #74C4D6 #A3D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#45B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0C8

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0C8	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7d8',
    500: '#45b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0c8;
$custom-light: #88c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0C8

secondary

#D1A298

accent

#654ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0C8

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

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