#45D5E2#45D5E2

#45D5E2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.120 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D5E2
RGB	rgb(69, 213, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -33.41, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 37.72, 207.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.1099 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.12 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9700, 54.3400, 80.3189)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D5E2 #E25245

analogous

#45E2A0 #45D5E2 #4587E2

triadic

#45D5E2 #E245D5 #D5E245

tetradic

#45D5E2 #A045E2 #E25245 #87E245

square

#45D5E2 #A045E2 #E25245 #87E245

split-complementary

#45D5E2 #E24587 #E2A045

monochromatic

#178B95 #20BCCA #45D5E2 #7AE1EA #AFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#45D5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#45D5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D5E2

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D5E2	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 213, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.120 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2eb',
    500: '#45d5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d5e2;
$custom-light: #8ee2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.968,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80324,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D5E2

secondary

#9A3A32

accent

#4738F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D5E2

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

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