#45D5E4#45D5E4

#45D5E4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.121 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D5E4
RGB	rgb(69, 213, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -32.83, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 37.67, 209.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.1091 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.121 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2460, 54.4505, 81.7726)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D5E4 #E45445

analogous

#45E4A3 #45D5E4 #4586E4

triadic

#45D5E4 #E445D5 #D5E445

tetradic

#45D5E4 #A345E4 #E45445 #86E445

square

#45D5E4 #A345E4 #E45445 #86E445

split-complementary

#45D5E4 #E44586 #E4A345

monochromatic

#168C98 #1EBDCE #45D5E4 #7AE1EC #B0EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#45D5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#45D5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D5E4

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D5E4	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 213, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.121 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2ec',
    500: '#45d5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d5e4;
$custom-light: #8ee2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.66,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80397,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D5E4

secondary

#9C3B31

accent

#4837F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D5E4

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

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