#45B0CE#45B0CE

#45B0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0CE
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -21.15, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 32.14, 228.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.081 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.105 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1156, 36.7689, 63.9432)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0CE #CE6345

analogous

#45CEA8 #45B0CE #456CCE

triadic

#45B0CE #CE45B0 #B0CE45

tetradic

#45B0CE #A845CE #CE6345 #6CCE45

square

#45B0CE #A845CE #CE6345 #6CCE45

split-complementary

#45B0CE #CE456C #CEA845

monochromatic

#206579 #2D8EA9 #45B0CE #75C5DB #A6D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#45B0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#45B0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0CE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0CE	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7dd',
    500: '#45b0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0ce;
$custom-light: #88c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.139,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7079,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0CE

secondary

#D5A79A

accent

#6846E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0CE

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

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