The fusion cross sections, evaporation residue cross sections, fusion barrier distribution and quasielastic distribution are investigated for the synthesis of superheavy elements using ⁴⁵Sc-induced fusion reactions on actinide targets using ASM and DNS models. The evaporation residue cross sections using ⁴⁵Sc projectiles are compared with that of experiments. From this detailed investigation, it is found that ⁴⁵Sc + ²⁵¹Cf is a potential fusion reaction to synthesize the superheavy element Z = 119. The predicted production cross section is found to be >5 fb at an excitation energy of 44.41 MeV with higher charge and mass asymmetry when compared to other fusion reactions which were planning to synthesize superheavy element Z = 119.