#45C6D8#45C6D8

#45C6D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.113 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C6D8
RGB	rgb(69, 198, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -29.15, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 34.94, 213.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0992 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.113 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0377, 46.6073, 72.1020)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C6D8 #D85745

analogous

#45D8A0 #45C6D8 #457CD8

triadic

#45C6D8 #D845C6 #C6D845

tetradic

#45C6D8 #A045D8 #D85745 #7CD845

square

#45C6D8 #A045D8 #D85745 #7CD845

split-complementary

#45C6D8 #D8457C #D8A045

monochromatic

#1C7986 #27A7B9 #45C6D8 #78D6E3 #AAE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#45C6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#45C6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C6D8

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C6D8	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 198, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.113 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7e4',
    500: '#45c6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c6d8;
$custom-light: #8bd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76403,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C6D8

secondary

#DBA59E

accent

#5440E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C6D8

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

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