#45D8DE#45D8DE

#45D8DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.121 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D8DE
RGB	rgb(69, 216, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -35.97, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 38.69, 201.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.1145 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.121 199)
XYZ	xyz(40.1891, 55.6462, 77.7158)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D8DE #DE4B45

analogous

#45DE98 #45D8DE #458CDE

triadic

#45D8DE #DE45D8 #D8DE45

tetradic

#45D8DE #9845DE #DE4B45 #8CDE45

square

#45D8DE #9845DE #DE4B45 #8CDE45

split-complementary

#45D8DE #DE458C #DE9845

monochromatic

#198B8F #23BDC3 #45D8DE #79E3E7 #ADEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#45D8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#45D8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D8DE

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D8DE	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 216, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.121 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e8',
    500: '#45d8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d8de;
$custom-light: #8ee4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80891,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.55651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D8DE

secondary

#943733

accent

#423BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D8DE

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

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