#45C5DD#45C5DD

#45C5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5DD
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -27.16, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 35.05, 219.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0962 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.114 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4661, 46.4141, 75.4823)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5DD #DD5D45

analogous

#45DDA9 #45C5DD #4579DD

triadic

#45C5DD #DD45C5 #C5DD45

tetradic

#45C5DD #A945DD #DD5D45 #79DD45

square

#45C5DD #A945DD #DD5D45 #79DD45

split-complementary

#45C5DD #DD4579 #DDA945

monochromatic

#1A7B8E #23A8C1 #45C5DD #79D5E6 #ACE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#45C5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#45C5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5DD

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5DD	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e7',
    500: '#45c5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5dd;
$custom-light: #8cd7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5DD

secondary

#DEAAA0

accent

#583CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5DD

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

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