#45C5DC#45C5DC

#45C5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5DC
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -27.46, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 34.98, 218.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0966 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.114 212)
XYZ	xyz(35.3333, 46.3610, 74.7827)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5DC #DC5C45

analogous

#45DCA8 #45C5DC #457ADC

triadic

#45C5DC #DC45C5 #C5DC45

tetradic

#45C5DC #A845DC #DC5C45 #7ADC45

square

#45C5DC #A845DC #DC5C45 #7ADC45

split-complementary

#45C5DC #DC457A #DCA845

monochromatic

#1A7B8C #24A8C0 #45C5DC #79D5E6 #ACE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#45C5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#45C5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5DC

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5DC	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e6',
    500: '#45c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5dc;
$custom-light: #8cd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.139,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7632,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.46365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5DC

secondary

#DDA9A0

accent

#573DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5DC

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

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