#45CDE0#45CDE0

#45CDE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.117 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CDE0
RGB	rgb(69, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -30.17, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 36.24, 213.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.1029 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.117 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7343, 50.3053, 78.2277)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CDE0 #E05845

analogous

#45E0A6 #45CDE0 #457FE0

triadic

#45CDE0 #E045CD #CDE045

tetradic

#45CDE0 #A645E0 #E05845 #7FE045

square

#45CDE0 #A645E0 #E05845 #7FE045

split-complementary

#45CDE0 #E0457F #E0A645

monochromatic

#188392 #21B2C7 #45CDE0 #79DBE9 #AEE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#45CDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#45CDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CDE0

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CDE0	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.117 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce9',
    500: '#45cde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cde0;
$custom-light: #8ddce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.355,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78361,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CDE0

secondary

#973F32

accent

#503AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CDE0

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

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