#45B1C8#45B1C8

#45B1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.102 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1C8
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -23.51, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 31.37, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0843 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.102 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5974, 36.8765, 60.2431)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1C8 #C85C45

analogous

#45C89D #45B1C8 #4570C8

triadic

#45B1C8 #C845B1 #B1C845

tetradic

#45B1C8 #9D45C8 #C85C45 #70C845

square

#45B1C8 #9D45C8 #C85C45 #70C845

split-complementary

#45B1C8 #C84570 #C89D45

monochromatic

#216371 #2F8DA0 #45B1C8 #74C5D6 #A3D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#45B1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#45B1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1C8

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1C8	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.102 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d8',
    500: '#45b1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1c8;
$custom-light: #88c8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.534,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70784,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1C8

secondary

#D1A298

accent

#644ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1C8

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

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