#45B2C9#45B2C9

#45B2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2C9
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 201)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -23.71, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 31.55, 221.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.085 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.103 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9129, 37.3199, 60.9267)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2C9 #C95C45

analogous

#45C99E #45B2C9 #4570C9

triadic

#45B2C9 #C945B2 #B2C945

tetradic

#45B2C9 #9E45C9 #C95C45 #70C945

square

#45B2C9 #9E45C9 #C95C45 #70C945

split-complementary

#45B2C9 #C94570 #C99E45

monochromatic

#216472 #2F8EA2 #45B2C9 #74C6D7 #A4D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#45B2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2C9

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2C9	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)

#A1ACCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9d9',
    500: '#45b2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2c9;
$custom-light: #88c9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71062,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2C9

secondary

#D1A298

accent

#6349DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2C9

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

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