#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
RGBrgb(69, 166, 225)
HSLhsl(203, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(203, 69%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.94, -9.67, -38.03)
CIE-LCHlch(64.94, 39.24, 255.73°)
OKLaboklab(69.31% -0.0642 -0.1072)
OKLCHoklch(69.31% 0.125 239.1)
XYZxyz(29.6758, 33.9706, 76.2126)
Luminance0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##45A6E11.002.697.797.79
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7921.001.001.00
##0000007.7921.001.001.00

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

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#45A6E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva