Exploring the Color #45E1C7

#45E1C7 sits at 170° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 72% saturation and 58% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 69, 225, 199 produces a 12.85:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #45E1C7 is a close cousin of CSS turquoise — about 10 units away from #40E0D0. Designers reach for cyan hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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