#45D4E0#45D4E0

#45D4E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.119 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D4E0
RGB	rgb(69, 212, 224)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -33.52, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 37.57, 206.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.1097 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.119 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4464, 53.7294, 78.7984)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D4E0 #E05145

analogous

#45E09E #45D4E0 #4587E0

triadic

#45D4E0 #E045D4 #D4E045

tetradic

#45D4E0 #9E45E0 #E05145 #87E045

square

#45D4E0 #9E45E0 #E05145 #87E045

split-complementary

#45D4E0 #E04587 #E09E45

monochromatic

#188992 #21BAC7 #45D4E0 #79E0E9 #AEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#45D4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#45D4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D4E0

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D4E0	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 212, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.119 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1e9',
    500: '#45d4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d4e0;
$custom-light: #8de1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.645,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80015,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D4E0

secondary

#973A32

accent

#483AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D4E0

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

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