#45C3D9#45C3D9

#45C3D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3D9
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 217)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -27.38, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 34.56, 217.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0958 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.112 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4884, 45.3013, 72.5586)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3D9 #D95B45

analogous

#45D9A5 #45C3D9 #4579D9

triadic

#45C3D9 #D945C3 #C3D945

tetradic

#45C3D9 #A545D9 #D95B45 #79D945

square

#45C3D9 #A545D9 #D95B45 #79D945

split-complementary

#45C3D9 #D94579 #D9A545

monochromatic

#1C7888 #26A5BB #45C3D9 #78D3E3 #ABE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#45C3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#45C3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3D9

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3D9	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5e4',
    500: '#45c3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3d9;
$custom-light: #8bd5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75731,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3D9

secondary

#DBA79E

accent

#583FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3D9

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

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