#45C4DC#45C4DC

#45C4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4DC
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -26.97, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 34.88, 219.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0956 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.114 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1070, 45.9084, 74.7072)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4DC #DC5D45

analogous

#45DCA8 #45C4DC #4579DC

triadic

#45C4DC #DC45C4 #C4DC45

tetradic

#45C4DC #A845DC #DC5D45 #79DC45

square

#45C4DC #A845DC #DC5D45 #79DC45

split-complementary

#45C4DC #DC4579 #DCA845

monochromatic

#1A7A8C #24A7C0 #45C4DC #79D4E6 #ACE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#45C4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#45C4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4DC

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4DC	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6e6',
    500: '#45c4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4dc;
$custom-light: #8bd6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.536,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76084,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4DC

secondary

#DDA9A0

accent

#583DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4DC

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

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