#45B3CE#45B3CE

#45B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.105 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3CE
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -22.69, -22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 32.20, 225.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.084 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.105 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7103, 37.9584, 64.1415)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3CE #CE6045

analogous

#45CEA5 #45B3CE #456FCE

triadic

#45B3CE #CE45B3 #B3CE45

tetradic

#45B3CE #A545CE #CE6045 #6FCE45

square

#45B3CE #A545CE #CE6045 #6FCE45

split-complementary

#45B3CE #CE456F #CEA545

monochromatic

#206779 #2D91A9 #45B3CE #75C7DB #A6DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#45B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3CE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3CE	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.105 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cadd',
    500: '#45b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3ce;
$custom-light: #88cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.825,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71502,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3CE

secondary

#D5A69A

accent

#6546E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3CE

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

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