#45C4DD#45C4DD

#45C4DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4DD
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -26.67, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 34.96, 220.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0952 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.114 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2398, 45.9615, 75.4068)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4DD #DD5E45

analogous

#45DDAA #45C4DD #4578DD

triadic

#45C4DD #DD45C4 #C4DD45

tetradic

#45C4DD #AA45DD #DD5E45 #78DD45

square

#45C4DD #AA45DD #DD5E45 #78DD45

split-complementary

#45C4DD #DD4578 #DDAA45

monochromatic

#1A7B8E #23A7C1 #45C4DD #79D4E6 #ACE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#45C4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#45C4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4DD

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4DD	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e7',
    500: '#45c4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4dd;
$custom-light: #8cd6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.868,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76123,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4DD

secondary

#DEAAA0

accent

#593CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4DD

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

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