#45D6E4#45D6E4

#45D6E4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.121 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D6E4
RGB	rgb(69, 214, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -33.31, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 37.88, 208.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.11 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.121 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4983, 54.9551, 81.8567)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D6E4 #E45345

analogous

#45E4A2 #45D6E4 #4586E4

triadic

#45D6E4 #E445D6 #D6E445

tetradic

#45D6E4 #A245E4 #E45345 #86E445

square

#45D6E4 #A245E4 #E45345 #86E445

split-complementary

#45D6E4 #E44586 #E4A245

monochromatic

#168D98 #1EBECE #45D6E4 #7AE2EC #B0EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#45D6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#45D6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D6E4

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D6E4	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CDE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 214, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.121 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee3ec',
    500: '#45d6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d6e4;
$custom-light: #8ee3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.283,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80632,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D6E4

secondary

#9C3A31

accent

#4737F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D6E4

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

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