#45CBE2#45CBE2

#45CBE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CBE2
RGB	rgb(69, 203, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -28.60, -21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 36.04, 217.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.1001 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.117 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5318, 49.4637, 79.5062)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CBE2 #E25C45

analogous

#45E2AB #45CBE2 #457CE2

triadic

#45CBE2 #E245CB #CBE245

tetradic

#45CBE2 #AB45E2 #E25C45 #7CE245

square

#45CBE2 #AB45E2 #E25C45 #7CE245

split-complementary

#45CBE2 #E2457C #E2AB45

monochromatic

#178395 #20B1CA #45CBE2 #7ADAEA #AFE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#45CBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#45CBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CBE2

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CBE2	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 203, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbeb',
    500: '#45cbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cbe2;
$custom-light: #8ddbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.79,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77966,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CBE2

secondary

#E1ABA2

accent

#5338F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CBE2

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

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