#45B0CA#45B0CA

#45B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0CA
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -22.39, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 31.54, 224.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0825 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.103 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6359, 36.5770, 61.4166)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0CA #CA5F45

analogous

#45CAA1 #45B0CA #456DCA

triadic

#45B0CA #CA45B0 #B0CA45

tetradic

#45B0CA #A145CA #CA5F45 #6DCA45

square

#45B0CA #A145CA #CA5F45 #6DCA45

split-complementary

#45B0CA #CA456D #CAA145

monochromatic

#216374 #2F8CA3 #45B0CA #75C4D8 #A4D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#45B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0CA

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0CA	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7da',
    500: '#45b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0ca;
$custom-light: #88c7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.729,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70626,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0CA

secondary

#D2A499

accent

#6649DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0CA

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

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