#45D4E2#45D4E2

#45D4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.120 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D4E2
RGB	rgb(69, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -32.94, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 37.51, 208.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1089 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.12 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7192, 53.8385, 80.2353)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D4E2 #E25345

analogous

#45E2A1 #45D4E2 #4586E2

triadic

#45D4E2 #E245D4 #D4E245

tetradic

#45D4E2 #A145E2 #E25345 #86E245

square

#45D4E2 #A145E2 #E25345 #86E245

split-complementary

#45D4E2 #E24586 #E2A145

monochromatic

#178A95 #20BBCA #45D4E2 #7AE0EA #AFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#45D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#45D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D4E2

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D4E2	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.120 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1eb',
    500: '#45d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d4e2;
$custom-light: #8ee1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.35,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80087,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D4E2

secondary

#9A3B32

accent

#4838F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D4E2

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

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