#45D9DE#45D9DE

#45D9DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.122 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D9DE
RGB	rgb(69, 217, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 2.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -36.44, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 38.96, 200.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.1154 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.122 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4460, 56.1601, 77.8014)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D9DE #DE4A45

analogous

#45DE97 #45D9DE #458CDE

triadic

#45D9DE #DE45D9 #D9DE45

tetradic

#45D9DE #9745DE #DE4A45 #8CDE45

square

#45D9DE #9745DE #DE4A45 #8CDE45

split-complementary

#45D9DE #DE458C #DE9745

monochromatic

#198B8F #23BEC3 #45D9DE #79E4E7 #ADEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#45D9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#45D9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D9DE

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D9DE	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 217, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.122 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5e8',
    500: '#45d9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d9de;
$custom-light: #8ee5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.961,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81128,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D9DE

secondary

#943633

accent

#413BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D9DE

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

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