#45D3E5#45D3E5

#45D3E5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.120 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D3E5
RGB	rgb(69, 211, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -31.58, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 37.30, 212.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.1067 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.12 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8852, 53.5062, 82.3392)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D3E5 #E55745

analogous

#45E5A7 #45D3E5 #4583E5

triadic

#45D3E5 #E545D3 #D3E545

tetradic

#45D3E5 #A745E5 #E55745 #83E545

square

#45D3E5 #A745E5 #E55745 #83E545

split-complementary

#45D3E5 #E54583 #E5A745

monochromatic

#168B9A #1DBCD0 #45D3E5 #7BE0ED #B0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#45D3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#45D3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D3E5

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D3E5	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 211, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.120 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1ed',
    500: '#45d3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d3e5;
$custom-light: #8ee1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.75,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D3E5

secondary

#9E3D31

accent

#4B36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D3E5

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

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