#45B2CB#45B2CB

#45B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2CB
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -23.10, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 31.77, 223.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0842 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.104 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1497, 37.4146, 62.1738)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2CB #CB5E45

analogous

#45CBA1 #45B2CB #456FCB

triadic

#45B2CB #CB45B2 #B2CB45

tetradic

#45B2CB #A145CB #CB5E45 #6FCB45

square

#45B2CB #A145CB #CB5E45 #6FCB45

split-complementary

#45B2CB #CB456F #CBA145

monochromatic

#216575 #2E8FA5 #45B2CB #75C6D8 #A5DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#45B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2CB

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2CB	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9da',
    500: '#45b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2cb;
$custom-light: #88c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71142,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2CB

secondary

#D3A499

accent

#6448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2CB

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

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