#45A0E2#45A0E2

#45A0E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.130 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0E2
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 29.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -5.99, -41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 41.65, 261.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0581 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.13 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7473, 31.8947, 76.5780)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0E2 #E28745

analogous

#45E2D5 #45A0E2 #4551E2

triadic

#45A0E2 #E245A0 #A0E245

tetradic

#45A0E2 #D545E2 #E28745 #51E245

square

#45A0E2 #D545E2 #E28745 #51E245

split-complementary

#45A0E2 #E24551 #E2D545

monochromatic

#176095 #2082CA #45A0E2 #7ABBEA #AFD6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#45A0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#45A0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0E2

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0E2	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C92E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.130 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbeb',
    500: '#45a0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0e2;
$custom-light: #8abbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.223,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67996,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0E2

secondary

#E1BCA2

accent

#8538F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0E2

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

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