#45B4CE#45B4CE

#45B4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4CE
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -23.20, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 32.25, 223.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.085 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.105 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9115, 38.3607, 64.2085)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4CE #CE5F45

analogous

#45CEA4 #45B4CE #4570CE

triadic

#45B4CE #CE45B4 #B4CE45

tetradic

#45B4CE #A445CE #CE5F45 #70CE45

square

#45B4CE #A445CE #CE5F45 #70CE45

split-complementary

#45B4CE #CE4570 #CEA445

monochromatic

#206879 #2D92A9 #45B4CE #75C8DB #A6DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#45B4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4CE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4CE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cadd',
    500: '#45b4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4ce;
$custom-light: #89cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.387,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4CE

secondary

#D5A59A

accent

#6446E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4CE

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

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