#45B2C8#45B2C8

#45B2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2C8
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -24.02, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 31.46, 220.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0854 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.102 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7956, 37.2730, 60.3092)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2C8 #C85B45

analogous

#45C89C #45B2C8 #4571C8

triadic

#45B2C8 #C845B2 #B2C845

tetradic

#45B2C8 #9C45C8 #C85B45 #71C845

square

#45B2C8 #9C45C8 #C85B45 #71C845

split-complementary

#45B2C8 #C84571 #C89C45

monochromatic

#216471 #2F8DA0 #45B2C8 #74C6D6 #A3D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#45B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2C8

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2C8	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9d8',
    500: '#45b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2c8;
$custom-light: #88c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.076,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71023,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2C8

secondary

#D1A298

accent

#634ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2C8

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

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