#45D4E9#45D4E9

#45D4E9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.122 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D4E9
RGB	rgb(69, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -30.88, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 37.54, 214.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.1061 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.122 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6994, 54.2306, 85.3976)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D4E9 #E95A45

analogous

#45E9AC #45D4E9 #4582E9

triadic

#45D4E9 #E945D4 #D4E945

tetradic

#45D4E9 #AC45E9 #E95A45 #82E945

square

#45D4E9 #AC45E9 #E95A45 #82E945

split-complementary

#45D4E9 #E94582 #E9AC45

monochromatic

#138EA1 #19BFD7 #45D4E9 #7CE1EF #B2EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#45D4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#45D4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D4E9

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D4E9	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.122 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1f0',
    500: '#45d4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d4e9;
$custom-light: #8ee1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.683,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80348,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D4E9

secondary

#A33E2F

accent

#4B32F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D4E9

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

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