#45BDD4#45BDD4

#45BDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDD4
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -25.91, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 33.55, 219.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0918 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.109 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5305, 42.4102, 68.7461)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDD4 #D45C45

analogous

#45D4A3 #45BDD4 #4576D4

triadic

#45BDD4 #D445BD #BDD445

tetradic

#45BDD4 #A345D4 #D45C45 #76D445

square

#45BDD4 #A345D4 #D45C45 #76D445

split-complementary

#45BDD4 #D44576 #D4A345

monochromatic

#1E7181 #299CB3 #45BDD4 #77CFDF #A8E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#45BDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDD4

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDD4	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e1',
    500: '#45bdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdd4;
$custom-light: #8ad1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.65,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74114,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDD4

secondary

#D8A69C

accent

#5D42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDD4

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

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