#45B1CE#45B1CE

#45B1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1CE
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -21.67, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 32.15, 227.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.082 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.105 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3124, 37.1625, 64.0088)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1CE #CE6245

analogous

#45CEA7 #45B1CE #456DCE

triadic

#45B1CE #CE45B1 #B1CE45

tetradic

#45B1CE #A745CE #CE6245 #6DCE45

square

#45B1CE #A745CE #CE6245 #6DCE45

split-complementary

#45B1CE #CE456D #CEA745

monochromatic

#206679 #2D8FA9 #45B1CE #75C5DB #A6DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#45B1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#45B1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1CE

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1CE	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8dd',
    500: '#45b1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1ce;
$custom-light: #88c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.701,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71027,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1CE

secondary

#D5A79A

accent

#6746E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1CE

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

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