#45CDE6#45CDE6

#45CDE6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.119 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CDE6
RGB	rgb(69, 205, 230)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 10.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -28.38, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 36.52, 219.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.1005 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.119 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5624, 50.6366, 82.5890)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CDE6 #E65E45

analogous

#45E6AE #45CDE6 #457CE6

triadic

#45CDE6 #E645CD #CDE645

tetradic

#45CDE6 #AE45E6 #E65E45 #7CE645

square

#45CDE6 #AE45E6 #E65E45 #7CE645

split-complementary

#45CDE6 #E6457C #E6AE45

monochromatic

#15879C #1CB5D2 #45CDE6 #7BDCED #B1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#45CDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#45CDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CDE6

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CDE6	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 205, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.119 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddcee',
    500: '#45cde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cde6;
$custom-light: #8ddcee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.317,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78591,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CDE6

secondary

#9F4130

accent

#5235F3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CDE6

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

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