#45D3DE#45D3DE

#45D3DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D3DE
RGB	rgb(69, 211, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -33.63, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 37.43, 206.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.1096 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.119 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9275, 53.1232, 77.2953)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D3DE #DE5045

analogous

#45DE9D #45D3DE #4586DE

triadic

#45D3DE #DE45D3 #D3DE45

tetradic

#45D3DE #9D45DE #DE5045 #86DE45

square

#45D3DE #9D45DE #DE5045 #86DE45

split-complementary

#45D3DE #DE4586 #DE9D45

monochromatic

#19878F #23B8C3 #45D3DE #79DFE7 #ADECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#45D3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#45D3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D3DE

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D3DE	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 211, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1e8',
    500: '#45d3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d3de;
$custom-light: #8de1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.314,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79706,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D3DE

secondary

#943A33

accent

#483BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D3DE

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

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