#45C5D8#45C5D8

#45C5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.112 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5D8
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -28.66, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 34.78, 214.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0982 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.112 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8099, 46.1516, 72.0260)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5D8 #D85845

analogous

#45D8A1 #45C5D8 #457BD8

triadic

#45C5D8 #D845C5 #C5D845

tetradic

#45C5D8 #A145D8 #D85845 #7BD845

square

#45C5D8 #A145D8 #D85845 #7BD845

split-complementary

#45C5D8 #D8457B #D8A145

monochromatic

#1C7986 #27A6B9 #45C5D8 #78D5E3 #AAE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#45C5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#45C5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5D8

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5D8	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.112 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7e4',
    500: '#45c5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5d8;
$custom-light: #8bd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.755,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76166,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5D8

secondary

#DBA69E

accent

#5540E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5D8

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

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