#45B2CE#45B2CE

#45B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.105 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2CE
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -22.18, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 32.17, 226.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.083 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.105 218)
XYZ	xyz(29.5106, 37.5590, 64.0749)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2CE #CE6145

analogous

#45CEA6 #45B2CE #456ECE

triadic

#45B2CE #CE45B2 #B2CE45

tetradic

#45B2CE #A645CE #CE6145 #6ECE45

square

#45B2CE #A645CE #CE6145 #6ECE45

split-complementary

#45B2CE #CE456E #CEA645

monochromatic

#206779 #2D90A9 #45B2CE #75C6DB #A6DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#45B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#45B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2CE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2CE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.105 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9dd',
    500: '#45b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2ce;
$custom-light: #88c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.263,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71264,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.37562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2CE

secondary

#D5A69A

accent

#6646E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2CE

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

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