#45C5D1#45C5D1

#45C5D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.111 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5D1
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 209)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 5.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -30.73, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 34.77, 207.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.101 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.111 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9241, 45.7973, 67.3611)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5D1 #D15145

analogous

#45D197 #45C5D1 #457FD1

triadic

#45C5D1 #D145C5 #C5D145

tetradic

#45C5D1 #9745D1 #D15145 #7FD145

square

#45C5D1 #9745D1 #D15145 #7FD145

split-complementary

#45C5D1 #D1457F #D19745

monochromatic

#1F757D #2BA3AE #45C5D1 #76D4DD #A7E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#45C5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#45C5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5D1

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5D1	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.111 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7df',
    500: '#45c5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5d1;
$custom-light: #8ad7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75904,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5D1

secondary

#D7A09B

accent

#5244E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5D1

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

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