#45B1CA#45B1CA

#45B1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1CA
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -22.90, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 31.59, 223.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0835 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.103 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8326, 36.9706, 61.4822)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1CA #CA5E45

analogous

#45CAA0 #45B1CA #456ECA

triadic

#45B1CA #CA45B1 #B1CA45

tetradic

#45B1CA #A045CA #CA5E45 #6ECA45

square

#45B1CA #A045CA #CA5E45 #6ECA45

split-complementary

#45B1CA #CA456E #CAA045

monochromatic

#216474 #2F8DA3 #45B1CA #75C5D8 #A4D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#45B1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#45B1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1CA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1CA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8da',
    500: '#45b1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1ca;
$custom-light: #88c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.278,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70864,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1CA

secondary

#D2A499

accent

#6549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1CA

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

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