#45A6E1#45A6E1

#45A6E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6E1
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -9.67, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 39.24, 255.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0642 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.125 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6758, 33.9706, 76.2126)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6E1 #E18045

analogous

#45E1CE #45A6E1 #4558E1

triadic

#45A6E1 #E145A6 #A6E145

tetradic

#45A6E1 #CE45E1 #E18045 #58E145

square

#45A6E1 #CE45E1 #E18045 #58E145

split-complementary

#45A6E1 #E14558 #E1CE45

monochromatic

#186594 #2089C8 #45A6E1 #7ABFE9 #AED8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#45A6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#45A6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6E1

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6E1	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7597E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0ea',
    500: '#45a6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6e1;
$custom-light: #8ac0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.692,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69314,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6E1

secondary

#E0B9A2

accent

#7E39EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6E1

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

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