#45CAE1#45CAE1

#45CAE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.117 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CAE1
RGB	rgb(69, 202, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -28.41, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 35.87, 217.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0995 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.117 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1596, 48.9382, 78.7072)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CAE1 #E15C45

analogous

#45E1AA #45CAE1 #457CE1

triadic

#45CAE1 #E145CA #CAE145

tetradic

#45CAE1 #AA45E1 #E15C45 #7CE145

square

#45CAE1 #AA45E1 #E15C45 #7CE145

split-complementary

#45CAE1 #E1457C #E1AA45

monochromatic

#188194 #20B0C8 #45CAE1 #7AD9E9 #AEE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#45CAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#45CAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CAE1

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CAE1	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 202, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.117 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddaea',
    500: '#45cae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cae1;
$custom-light: #8ddaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.846,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77692,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CAE1

secondary

#E0ABA2

accent

#5439EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CAE1

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

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