#45D0E5#45D0E5

#45D0E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.119 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D0E5
RGB	rgb(69, 208, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -30.14, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 36.83, 215.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.1038 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.119 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1469, 52.0296, 82.0931)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D0E5 #E55A45

analogous

#45E5AA #45D0E5 #4580E5

triadic

#45D0E5 #E545D0 #D0E545

tetradic

#45D0E5 #AA45E5 #E55A45 #80E545

square

#45D0E5 #AA45E5 #E55A45 #80E545

split-complementary

#45D0E5 #E54580 #E5AA45

monochromatic

#16899A #1DB8D0 #45D0E5 #7BDEED #B0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#45D0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#45D0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D0E5

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D0E5	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 208, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.119 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edeed',
    500: '#45d0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d0e5;
$custom-light: #8edeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.875,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79257,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D0E5

secondary

#9E3F31

accent

#4E36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D0E5

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

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