#45B1CF#45B1CF

#45B1CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.106 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1CF
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -21.36, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 32.31, 228.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0816 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.106 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4343, 37.2113, 64.6506)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1CF #CF6345

analogous

#45CFA8 #45B1CF #456CCF

triadic

#45B1CF #CF45B1 #B1CF45

tetradic

#45B1CF #A845CF #CF6345 #6CCF45

square

#45B1CF #A845CF #CF6345 #6CCF45

split-complementary

#45B1CF #CF456C #CFA845

monochromatic

#20667A #2C8FAB #45B1CF #76C5DC #A6DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#45B1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#45B1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1CF

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1CF	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.106 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8dd',
    500: '#45b1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1cf;
$custom-light: #88c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71068,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1CF

secondary

#D5A79B

accent

#6846E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1CF

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

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