#45A1E2#45A1E2

#45A1E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.129 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A1E2
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 28.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -6.56, -40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 41.29, 260.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0591 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.129 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9213, 32.2428, 76.6360)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A1E2 #E28645

analogous

#45E2D5 #45A1E2 #4552E2

triadic

#45A1E2 #E245A1 #A1E245

tetradic

#45A1E2 #D545E2 #E28645 #52E245

square

#45A1E2 #D545E2 #E28645 #52E245

split-complementary

#45A1E2 #E24552 #E2D545

monochromatic

#176195 #2084CA #45A1E2 #7ABCEA #AFD7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#45A1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#45A1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A1E2

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A1E2	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E93E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.129 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abceb',
    500: '#45a1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a1e2;
$custom-light: #8abceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.841,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68223,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A1E2

secondary

#E1BCA2

accent

#8438F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A1E2

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

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