#45C4D8#45C4D8

#45C4D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4D8
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -28.17, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 34.64, 215.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0972 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.112 210)
XYZ	xyz(34.5836, 45.6990, 71.9506)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4D8 #D85945

analogous

#45D8A2 #45C4D8 #457AD8

triadic

#45C4D8 #D845C4 #C4D845

tetradic

#45C4D8 #A245D8 #D85945 #7AD845

square

#45C4D8 #A245D8 #D85945 #7AD845

split-complementary

#45C4D8 #D8457A #D8A245

monochromatic

#1C7886 #27A5B9 #45C4D8 #78D4E3 #AAE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#45C4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#45C4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4D8

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4D8	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6e4',
    500: '#45c4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4d8;
$custom-light: #8bd6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.163,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75929,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.45703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4D8

secondary

#DBA69E

accent

#5640E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4D8

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

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