#45C5DA#45C5DA

#45C5DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5DA
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -28.06, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 34.87, 216.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0974 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.113 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0700, 46.2557, 73.3960)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5DA #DA5A45

analogous

#45DAA5 #45C5DA #457BDA

triadic

#45C5DA #DA45C5 #C5DA45

tetradic

#45C5DA #A545DA #DA5A45 #7BDA45

square

#45C5DA #A545DA #DA5A45 #7BDA45

split-complementary

#45C5DA #DA457B #DAA545

monochromatic

#1B7A89 #25A7BC #45C5DA #78D5E4 #ABE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#45C5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#45C5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5DA

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5DA	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7e5',
    500: '#45c5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5da;
$custom-light: #8bd7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76242,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5DA

secondary

#DCA79F

accent

#563EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5DA

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

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