#45CEE6#45CEE6

#45CEE6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CEE6
RGB	rgb(69, 206, 230)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 10.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -28.87, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 36.63, 217.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.1015 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.119 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8024, 51.1165, 82.6690)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CEE6 #E65D45

analogous

#45E6AD #45CEE6 #457DE6

triadic

#45CEE6 #E645CE #CEE645

tetradic

#45CEE6 #AD45E6 #E65D45 #7DE645

square

#45CEE6 #AD45E6 #E65D45 #7DE645

split-complementary

#45CEE6 #E6457D #E6AD45

monochromatic

#15889C #1CB7D2 #45CEE6 #7BDCED #B1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#45CEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#45CEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CEE6

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CEE6	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 206, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dddee',
    500: '#45cee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cee6;
$custom-light: #8dddee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.944,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CEE6

secondary

#9F4130

accent

#5135F3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CEE6

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

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