#45CAE0#45CAE0

#45CAE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.116 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CAE0
RGB	rgb(69, 202, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -28.71, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 35.81, 216.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0999 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.116 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0236, 48.8838, 77.9908)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CAE0 #E05B45

analogous

#45E0A8 #45CAE0 #457DE0

triadic

#45CAE0 #E045CA #CAE045

tetradic

#45CAE0 #A845E0 #E05B45 #7DE045

square

#45CAE0 #A845E0 #E05B45 #7DE045

split-complementary

#45CAE0 #E0457D #E0A845

monochromatic

#188192 #21AFC7 #45CAE0 #79D9E9 #AEE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#45CAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#45CAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CAE0

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CAE0	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 202, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.116 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdae9',
    500: '#45cae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cae0;
$custom-light: #8cdae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.516,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77654,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CAE0

secondary

#E0AAA1

accent

#533AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CAE0

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

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