#45A4E8#45A4E8

#45A4E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.134 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4E8
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -6.21, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 42.75, 261.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0601 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.134 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2896, 33.6390, 81.2249)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4E8 #E88945

analogous

#45E8DB #45A4E8 #4553E8

triadic

#45A4E8 #E845A4 #A4E845

tetradic

#45A4E8 #DB45E8 #E88945 #53E845

square

#45A4E8 #DB45E8 #E88945 #53E845

split-complementary

#45A4E8 #E84553 #E8DB45

monochromatic

#14659F #1A87D5 #45A4E8 #7BBFEF #B2D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#45A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#45A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4E8

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4E8	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E96E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.134 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbeef',
    500: '#45a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4e8;
$custom-light: #8bbeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.031,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69207,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4E8

secondary

#E4BFA4

accent

#8433F4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4E8

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

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