#45C3DC#45C3DC

#45C3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3DC
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -26.47, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 34.78, 220.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0946 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.114 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8822, 45.4588, 74.6323)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3DC #DC5E45

analogous

#45DCAA #45C3DC #4578DC

triadic

#45C3DC #DC45C3 #C3DC45

tetradic

#45C3DC #AA45DC #DC5E45 #78DC45

square

#45C3DC #AA45DC #DC5E45 #78DC45

split-complementary

#45C3DC #DC4578 #DCAA45

monochromatic

#1A798C #24A6C0 #45C3DC #79D4E6 #ACE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#45C3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#45C3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3DC

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3DC	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5e7',
    500: '#45c3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3dc;
$custom-light: #8bd5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.934,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75848,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3DC

secondary

#DDAAA0

accent

#5A3DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3DC

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

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