#45B4CC#45B4CC

#45B4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.104 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4CC
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -23.81, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 32.02, 221.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0858 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.104 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6701, 38.2641, 62.9371)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4CC #CC5D45

analogous

#45CCA0 #45B4CC #4570CC

triadic

#45B4CC #CC45B4 #B4CC45

tetradic

#45B4CC #A045CC #CC5D45 #70CC45

square

#45B4CC #A045CC #CC5D45 #70CC45

split-complementary

#45B4CC #CC4570 #CCA045

monochromatic

#206776 #2E91A6 #45B4CC #75C7D9 #A5DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#45B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#45B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4CC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4CC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.104 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cadb',
    500: '#45b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4cc;
$custom-light: #88cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71659,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4CC

secondary

#D3A499

accent

#6348E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4CC

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

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