#45A5E2#45A5E2

#45A5E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5E2
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -8.79, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 39.94, 257.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0629 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.127 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6315, 33.6632, 76.8728)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5E2 #E28245

analogous

#45E2D0 #45A5E2 #4556E2

triadic

#45A5E2 #E245A5 #A5E245

tetradic

#45A5E2 #D045E2 #E28245 #56E245

square

#45A5E2 #D045E2 #E28245 #56E245

split-complementary

#45A5E2 #E24556 #E2D045

monochromatic

#176495 #2088CA #45A5E2 #7ABFEA #AFD8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#45A5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#45A5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5E2

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5E2	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)

#89A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfeb',
    500: '#45a5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5e2;
$custom-light: #8abfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.312,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69134,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5E2

secondary

#E1BAA2

accent

#7F38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5E2

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

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