#45D0E6#45D0E6

#45D0E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.120 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D0E6
RGB	rgb(69, 208, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 9.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -29.84, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 36.87, 215.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.1034 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.12 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2869, 52.0856, 82.8305)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D0E6 #E65B45

analogous

#45E6AB #45D0E6 #457FE6

triadic

#45D0E6 #E645D0 #D0E645

tetradic

#45D0E6 #AB45E6 #E65B45 #7FE645

square

#45D0E6 #AB45E6 #E65B45 #7FE645

split-complementary

#45D0E6 #E6457F #E6AB45

monochromatic

#15899C #1CB9D2 #45D0E6 #7BDEED #B1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#45D0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#45D0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D0E6

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D0E6	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 208, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.120 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edeee',
    500: '#45d0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d0e6;
$custom-light: #8edeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.199,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79295,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D0E6

secondary

#9F3F30

accent

#4F35F3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D0E6

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

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