#45B0CB#45B0CB

#45B0CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.104 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0CB
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 13.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -22.08, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 31.68, 225.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0821 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.104 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7546, 36.6245, 62.0422)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0CB #CB6045

analogous

#45CBA3 #45B0CB #456DCB

triadic

#45B0CB #CB45B0 #B0CB45

tetradic

#45B0CB #A345CB #CB6045 #6DCB45

square

#45B0CB #A345CB #CB6045 #6DCB45

split-complementary

#45B0CB #CB456D #CBA345

monochromatic

#216475 #2E8DA5 #45B0CB #75C4D8 #A5D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#45B0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#45B0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0CB

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0CB	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.104 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7da',
    500: '#45b0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0cb;
$custom-light: #88c7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.09,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70667,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0CB

secondary

#D3A599

accent

#6748E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0CB

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

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