#45CED8#45CED8

#45CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CED8
RGB	rgb(69, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -33.00, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 36.55, 205.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.1071 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9148, 50.3615, 72.7277)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CED8 #D84F45

analogous

#45D899 #45CED8 #4584D8

triadic

#45CED8 #D845CE #CED845

tetradic

#45CED8 #9945D8 #D84F45 #84D845

square

#45CED8 #9945D8 #D84F45 #84D845

split-complementary

#45CED8 #D84584 #D89945

monochromatic

#1C7F86 #27AFB9 #45CED8 #78DBE3 #AAE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#45CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#45CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CED8

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CED8	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdde4',
    500: '#45ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ced8;
$custom-light: #8cdde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.082,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78303,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CED8

secondary

#8D3A34

accent

#4B40E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CED8

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

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