#45A2E6#45A2E6

#45A2E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.133 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2E6
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 29.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -5.77, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 42.62, 262.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0588 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.133 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6520, 32.8158, 79.6189)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2E6 #E68945

analogous

#45E6DA #45A2E6 #4551E6

triadic

#45A2E6 #E645A2 #A2E645

tetradic

#45A2E6 #DA45E6 #E68945 #51E645

square

#45A2E6 #DA45E6 #E68945 #51E645

split-complementary

#45A2E6 #E64551 #E6DA45

monochromatic

#15639C #1C85D2 #45A2E6 #7BBDED #B1D8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#45A2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#45A2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2E6

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2E6	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D94E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.133 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdee',
    500: '#45a2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2e6;
$custom-light: #8bbdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.342,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68653,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2E6

secondary

#E3BEA4

accent

#8535F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2E6

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

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