#45B2CA#45B2CA

#45B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2CA
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -23.41, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 31.66, 222.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0846 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.103 215)
XYZ	xyz(29.0309, 37.3671, 61.5483)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2CA #CA5D45

analogous

#45CA9F #45B2CA #456FCA

triadic

#45B2CA #CA45B2 #B2CA45

tetradic

#45B2CA #9F45CA #CA5D45 #6FCA45

square

#45B2CA #9F45CA #CA5D45 #6FCA45

split-complementary

#45B2CA #CA456F #CA9F45

monochromatic

#216574 #2F8EA3 #45B2CA #75C6D8 #A4D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#45B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2CA

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2CA	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9da',
    500: '#45b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2ca;
$custom-light: #88c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.827,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71102,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.3737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2CA

secondary

#D2A399

accent

#6449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2CA

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

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