#45D1E5#45D1E5

#45D1E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.120 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D1E5
RGB	rgb(69, 209, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -30.62, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 36.98, 214.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.1048 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.12 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3915, 52.5187, 82.1746)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D1E5 #E55945

analogous

#45E5A9 #45D1E5 #4581E5

triadic

#45D1E5 #E545D1 #D1E545

tetradic

#45D1E5 #A945E5 #E55945 #81E545

square

#45D1E5 #A945E5 #E55945 #81E545

split-complementary

#45D1E5 #E54581 #E5A945

monochromatic

#16899A #1DB9D0 #45D1E5 #7BDEED #B0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#45D1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#45D1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D1E5

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D1E5	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 209, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.120 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfed',
    500: '#45d1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d1e5;
$custom-light: #8edfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79492,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D1E5

secondary

#9E3E31

accent

#4D36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D1E5

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

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