#45D8EC#45D8EC

#45D8EC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.123 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D8EC
RGB	rgb(69, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(187, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -31.90, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 38.21, 213.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.1087 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.123 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1439, 56.4281, 88.0112)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D8EC #EC5945

analogous

#45ECAD #45D8EC #4584EC

triadic

#45D8EC #EC45D8 #D8EC45

tetradic

#45D8EC #AD45EC #EC5945 #84EC45

square

#45D8EC #AD45EC #EC5945 #84EC45

split-complementary

#45D8EC #EC4584 #ECAD45

monochromatic

#1194A6 #17C5DD #45D8EC #7DE4F2 #B4EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#45D8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#45D8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D8EC

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D8EC	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.123 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4f2',
    500: '#45d8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d8ec;
$custom-light: #8fe4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.186,
    "s": 81.463,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81398,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D8EC

secondary

#A73C2E

accent

#4830F8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D8EC

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

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