#45C8E1#45C8E1

#45C8E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8E1
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -27.43, -22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 35.65, 219.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0976 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.116 213)
XYZ	xyz(36.6934, 48.0058, 78.5518)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8E1 #E15E45

analogous

#45E1AC #45C8E1 #457AE1

triadic

#45C8E1 #E145C8 #C8E145

tetradic

#45C8E1 #AC45E1 #E15E45 #7AE145

square

#45C8E1 #AC45E1 #E15E45 #7AE145

split-complementary

#45C8E1 #E1457A #E1AC45

monochromatic

#188094 #20AEC8 #45C8E1 #7AD8E9 #AEE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#45C8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#45C8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8E1

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8E1	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9ea',
    500: '#45c8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8e1;
$custom-light: #8cd9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.615,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77222,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.4801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8E1

secondary

#E0ACA2

accent

#5639EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8E1

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

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