#45A3E6#45A3E6

#45A3E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.132 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3E6
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 29.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -6.33, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 42.26, 261.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0598 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.132 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8289, 33.1695, 79.6779)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3E6 #E68845

analogous

#45E6D8 #45A3E6 #4552E6

triadic

#45A3E6 #E645A3 #A3E645

tetradic

#45A3E6 #D845E6 #E68845 #52E645

square

#45A3E6 #D845E6 #E68845 #52E645

split-complementary

#45A3E6 #E64552 #E6D845

monochromatic

#15649C #1C86D2 #45A3E6 #7BBEED #B1D8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#45A3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#45A3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3E6

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3E6	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E95E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.132 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbeee',
    500: '#45a3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3e6;
$custom-light: #8bbeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.969,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68879,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3E6

secondary

#E3BEA4

accent

#8435F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3E6

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

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