#45D3E8#45D3E8

#45D3E8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.121 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D3E8
RGB	rgb(69, 211, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -30.69, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 37.36, 214.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.1055 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.121 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3077, 53.6752, 84.5643)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D3E8 #E85A45

analogous

#45E8AC #45D3E8 #4582E8

triadic

#45D3E8 #E845D3 #D3E845

tetradic

#45D3E8 #AC45E8 #E85A45 #82E845

square

#45D3E8 #AC45E8 #E85A45 #82E845

split-complementary

#45D3E8 #E84582 #E8AC45

monochromatic

#148D9F #1ABDD5 #45D3E8 #7BE0EF #B2EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#45D3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#45D3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D3E8

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D3E8	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 211, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.121 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1ef',
    500: '#45d3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d3e8;
$custom-light: #8ee1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.73,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80075,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D3E8

secondary

#A23E2F

accent

#4C33F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D3E8

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

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