#45D3E4#45D3E4

#45D3E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D3E4
RGB	rgb(69, 211, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 7.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -31.88, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 37.30, 211.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.1071 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.12 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7460, 53.4506, 81.6060)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D3E4 #E45645

analogous

#45E4A5 #45D3E4 #4583E4

triadic

#45D3E4 #E445D3 #D3E445

tetradic

#45D3E4 #A545E4 #E45645 #83E445

square

#45D3E4 #A545E4 #E45645 #83E445

split-complementary

#45D3E4 #E44583 #E4A545

monochromatic

#168B98 #1EBBCE #45D3E4 #7AE0EC #B0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#45D3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#45D3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D3E4

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D3E4	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 211, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1ec',
    500: '#45d3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d3e4;
$custom-light: #8ee1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.415,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79925,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D3E4

secondary

#9C3C31

accent

#4A37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D3E4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →