#45C8E0#45C8E0

#45C8E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8E0
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -27.73, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 35.58, 218.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.098 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.116 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5574, 47.9514, 77.8354)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8E0 #E05D45

analogous

#45E0AA #45C8E0 #457BE0

triadic

#45C8E0 #E045C8 #C8E045

tetradic

#45C8E0 #AA45E0 #E05D45 #7BE045

square

#45C8E0 #AA45E0 #E05D45 #7BE045

split-complementary

#45C8E0 #E0457B #E0AA45

monochromatic

#187F92 #21ADC7 #45C8E0 #79D8E9 #AEE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#45C8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#45C8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8E0

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8E0	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e9',
    500: '#45c8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8e0;
$custom-light: #8cd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.29,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77183,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8E0

secondary

#E0ABA1

accent

#563AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8E0

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

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