#45A4E6#45A4E6

#45A4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.132 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4E6
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -6.89, -41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 41.90, 260.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0607 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.132 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0071, 33.5260, 79.7373)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4E6 #E68745

analogous

#45E6D7 #45A4E6 #4553E6

triadic

#45A4E6 #E645A4 #A4E645

tetradic

#45A4E6 #D745E6 #E68745 #53E645

square

#45A4E6 #D745E6 #E68745 #53E645

split-complementary

#45A4E6 #E64553 #E6D745

monochromatic

#15649C #1C87D2 #45A4E6 #7BBEED #B1D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#45A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#45A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4E6

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4E6	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7096E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.132 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbeee',
    500: '#45a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4e6;
$custom-light: #8bbeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.596,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69106,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4E6

secondary

#E3BEA4

accent

#8335F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4E6

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

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