#45D3E3#45D3E3

#45D3E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D3E3
RGB	rgb(69, 211, 227)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -32.17, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 37.30, 210.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.1075 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.12 206)
XYZ	xyz(39.6076, 53.3952, 80.8770)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D3E3 #E35545

analogous

#45E3A4 #45D3E3 #4584E3

triadic

#45D3E3 #E345D3 #D3E345

tetradic

#45D3E3 #A445E3 #E35545 #84E345

square

#45D3E3 #A445E3 #E35545 #84E345

split-complementary

#45D3E3 #E34584 #E3A445

monochromatic

#178A97 #1FBBCC #45D3E3 #7AE0EB #AFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#45D3E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#45D3E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D3E3

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D3E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D3E3	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d3e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 211, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1eb',
    500: '#45d3e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d3e3;
$custom-light: #8ee1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d3e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79888,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D3E3

secondary

#9B3C31

accent

#4A37F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D3E3

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

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