#45D3E2#45D3E2

#45D3E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.119 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D3E2
RGB	rgb(69, 211, 226)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 6.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -32.47, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 37.31, 209.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.1079 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.119 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4700, 53.3401, 80.1522)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D3E2 #E25445

analogous

#45E2A2 #45D3E2 #4585E2

triadic

#45D3E2 #E245D3 #D3E245

tetradic

#45D3E2 #A245E2 #E25445 #85E245

square

#45D3E2 #A245E2 #E25445 #85E245

split-complementary

#45D3E2 #E24585 #E2A245

monochromatic

#178995 #20BACA #45D3E2 #7AE0EA #AFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#45D3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#45D3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D3E2

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D3E2	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 211, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.119 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1eb',
    500: '#45d3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d3e2;
$custom-light: #8ee1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.732,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79851,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D3E2

secondary

#9A3C32

accent

#4A38F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D3E2

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

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