#45C5D5#45C5D5

#45C5D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5D5
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 213)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 7.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -29.56, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 34.72, 211.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0994 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.112 207)
XYZ	xyz(34.4256, 45.9979, 70.0021)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5D5 #D55545

analogous

#45D59D #45C5D5 #457DD5

triadic

#45C5D5 #D545C5 #C5D545

tetradic

#45C5D5 #9D45D5 #D55545 #7DD545

square

#45C5D5 #9D45D5 #D55545 #7DD545

split-complementary

#45C5D5 #D5457D #D59D45

monochromatic

#1D7782 #29A5B4 #45C5D5 #77D5E0 #A9E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#45C5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#45C5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5D5

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5D5	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7e2',
    500: '#45c5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5d5;
$custom-light: #8bd7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76052,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.46002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5D5

secondary

#D9A39D

accent

#5442E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5D5

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

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