#45D5EF#45D5EF

#45D5EF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.124 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D5EF
RGB	rgb(69, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 84%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -29.56, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 37.95, 218.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.1047 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.124 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8218, 55.0808, 90.0721)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D5EF #EF5F45

analogous

#45EFB4 #45D5EF #4580EF

triadic

#45D5EF #EF45D5 #D5EF45

tetradic

#45D5EF #B445EF #EF5F45 #80EF45

square

#45D5EF #B445EF #EF5F45 #80EF45

split-complementary

#45D5EF #EF4580 #EFB445

monochromatic

#0F93AB #14C3E3 #45D5EF #7DE2F4 #B6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#45D5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#45D5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D5EF

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D5EF	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.124 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2f4',
    500: '#45d5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d5ef;
$custom-light: #8fe2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.176,
    "s": 84.158,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80811,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D5EF

secondary

#AC402C

accent

#2605E1

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D5EF

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

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