#45B3CA#45B3CA

#45B3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3CA
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -23.92, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 31.74, 221.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0856 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.103 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2306, 37.7665, 61.6148)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3CA #CA5C45

analogous

#45CA9E #45B3CA #4570CA

triadic

#45B3CA #CA45B3 #B3CA45

tetradic

#45B3CA #9E45CA #CA5C45 #70CA45

square

#45B3CA #9E45CA #CA5C45 #70CA45

split-complementary

#45B3CA #CA4570 #CA9E45

monochromatic

#216574 #2F8FA3 #45B3CA #75C6D8 #A4DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#45B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#45B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3CA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3CA	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cada',
    500: '#45b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3ca;
$custom-light: #88cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.376,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71341,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3CA

secondary

#D2A399

accent

#6349DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3CA

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

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