#45DCE2#45DCE2

#45DCE2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.123 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45DCE2
RGB	rgb(69, 220, 226)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -36.69, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 39.42, 201.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.1167 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.123 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7688, 57.9377, 80.9185)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45DCE2 #E24B45

analogous

#45E299 #45DCE2 #458DE2

triadic

#45DCE2 #E245DC #DCE245

tetradic

#45DCE2 #9945E2 #E24B45 #8DE245

square

#45DCE2 #9945E2 #E24B45 #8DE245

split-complementary

#45DCE2 #E2458D #E29945

monochromatic

#179195 #20C4CA #45DCE2 #7AE6EA #AFF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#45DCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#45DCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45DCE2

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45DCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45DCE2	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45dce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 220, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.123 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7eb',
    500: '#45dce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45dce2;
$custom-light: #8ee7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45dce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.293,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81978,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45DCE2

secondary

#9A3632

accent

#3F38F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45DCE2

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

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