#45C4DB#45C4DB

#45C4DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.113 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4DB
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -27.27, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 34.80, 218.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.096 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.113 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9749, 45.8556, 74.0118)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4DB #DB5C45

analogous

#45DBA7 #45C4DB #4579DB

triadic

#45C4DB #DB45C4 #C4DB45

tetradic

#45C4DB #A745DB #DB5C45 #79DB45

square

#45C4DB #A745DB #DB5C45 #79DB45

split-complementary

#45C4DB #DB4579 #DBA745

monochromatic

#1B7A8B #25A7BE #45C4DB #78D4E5 #ACE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#45C4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#45C4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4DB

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4DB	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.113 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6e6',
    500: '#45c4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4db;
$custom-light: #8bd6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.2,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76045,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4DB

secondary

#DDA99F

accent

#583DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4DB

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

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