#45A0E6#45A0E6

#45A0E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.135 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0E6
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -4.64, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 43.38, 263.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0569 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.135 245)
XYZ	xyz(29.3025, 32.1168, 79.5024)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0E6 #E68B45

analogous

#45E6DB #45A0E6 #454FE6

triadic

#45A0E6 #E645A0 #A0E645

tetradic

#45A0E6 #DB45E6 #E68B45 #4FE645

square

#45A0E6 #DB45E6 #E68B45 #4FE645

split-complementary

#45A0E6 #E6454F #E6DB45

monochromatic

#15619C #1C83D2 #45A0E6 #7BBCED #B1D7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#45A0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#45A0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0E6

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0E6	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A93E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.135 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbee',
    500: '#45a0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0e6;
$custom-light: #8bbbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68201,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.3212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0E6

secondary

#E3BFA4

accent

#8835F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0E6

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

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