#45B4CF#45B4CF

#45B4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4CF
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -22.90, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 32.38, 224.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0846 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.106 217)
XYZ	xyz(30.0333, 38.4094, 64.8503)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4CF #CF6045

analogous

#45CFA5 #45B4CF #456FCF

triadic

#45B4CF #CF45B4 #B4CF45

tetradic

#45B4CF #A545CF #CF6045 #6FCF45

square

#45B4CF #A545CF #CF6045 #6FCF45

split-complementary

#45B4CF #CF456F #CFA545

monochromatic

#20687A #2C92AB #45B4CF #76C8DC #A6DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#45B4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4CF

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4CF	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cadd',
    500: '#45b4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4cf;
$custom-light: #89cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.38413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4CF

secondary

#D5A69B

accent

#6446E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4CF

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

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