#45C6DB#45C6DB

#45C6DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C6DB
RGB	rgb(69, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -28.26, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 35.05, 216.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.098 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.114 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4291, 46.7638, 74.1632)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C6DB #DB5A45

analogous

#45DBA5 #45C6DB #457BDB

triadic

#45C6DB #DB45C6 #C6DB45

tetradic

#45C6DB #A545DB #DB5A45 #7BDB45

square

#45C6DB #A545DB #DB5A45 #7BDB45

split-complementary

#45C6DB #DB457B #DBA545

monochromatic

#1B7B8B #25A9BE #45C6DB #78D6E5 #ACE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#45C6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#45C6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C6DB

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C6DB	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e6',
    500: '#45c6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c6db;
$custom-light: #8cd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76517,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C6DB

secondary

#DDA89F

accent

#563DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C6DB

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

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