#45C5DB#45C5DB

#45C5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5DB
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 10%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -27.76, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 34.92, 217.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.097 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.113 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2013, 46.3082, 74.0873)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5DB #DB5B45

analogous

#45DBA6 #45C5DB #457ADB

triadic

#45C5DB #DB45C5 #C5DB45

tetradic

#45C5DB #A645DB #DB5B45 #7ADB45

square

#45C5DB #A645DB #DB5B45 #7ADB45

split-complementary

#45C5DB #DB457A #DBA645

monochromatic

#1B7A8B #25A8BE #45C5DB #78D5E5 #ACE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#45C5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#45C5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5DB

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5DB	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7e6',
    500: '#45c5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5db;
$custom-light: #8bd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76281,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5DB

secondary

#DDA89F

accent

#573DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5DB

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

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