#45D4E8#45D4E8

#45D4E8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D4E8
RGB	rgb(69, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -31.17, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 37.51, 213.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.1065 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.121 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5569, 54.1736, 84.6474)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D4E8 #E85945

analogous

#45E8AB #45D4E8 #4583E8

triadic

#45D4E8 #E845D4 #D4E845

tetradic

#45D4E8 #AB45E8 #E85945 #83E845

square

#45D4E8 #AB45E8 #E85945 #83E845

split-complementary

#45D4E8 #E84583 #E8AB45

monochromatic

#148E9F #1ABED5 #45D4E8 #7BE1EF #B2EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#45D4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#45D4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D4E8

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D4E8	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1ef',
    500: '#45d4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d4e8;
$custom-light: #8ee1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.362,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8031,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D4E8

secondary

#A23E2F

accent

#4B33F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D4E8

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

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