#45CCE2#45CCE2

#45CCE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CCE2
RGB	rgb(69, 204, 226)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -29.09, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 36.16, 216.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.1011 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.117 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7687, 49.9376, 79.5852)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CCE2 #E25B45

analogous

#45E2AA #45CCE2 #457DE2

triadic

#45CCE2 #E245CC #CCE245

tetradic

#45CCE2 #AA45E2 #E25B45 #7DE245

square

#45CCE2 #AA45E2 #E25B45 #7DE245

split-complementary

#45CCE2 #E2457D #E2AA45

monochromatic

#178495 #20B2CA #45CCE2 #7ADBEA #AFE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#45CCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#45CCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CCE2

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CCE2	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 204, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddceb',
    500: '#45cce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cce2;
$custom-light: #8ddceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.408,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78202,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CCE2

secondary

#E1ABA2

accent

#5238F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CCE2

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

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