#45C6DC#45C6DC

#45C6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.114 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C6DC
RGB	rgb(69, 198, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -27.96, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 35.10, 217.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0976 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.114 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5611, 46.8166, 74.8586)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C6DC #DC5B45

analogous

#45DCA7 #45C6DC #457BDC

triadic

#45C6DC #DC45C6 #C6DC45

tetradic

#45C6DC #A745DC #DC5B45 #7BDC45

square

#45C6DC #A745DC #DC5B45 #7BDC45

split-complementary

#45C6DC #DC457B #DCA745

monochromatic

#1A7C8C #24A9C0 #45C6DC #79D6E6 #ACE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#45C6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#45C6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C6DC

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C6DC	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 198, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.114 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e6',
    500: '#45c6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c6dc;
$custom-light: #8cd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.742,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76556,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C6DC

secondary

#DDA9A0

accent

#563DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C6DC

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

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