#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
RGBrgb(69, 198, 220)
HSLhsl(189, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(189, 69%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.07, -27.96, -21.22)
CIE-LCHlch(74.07, 35.10, 217.20°)
OKLaboklab(76.56% -0.0976 -0.059)
OKLCHoklch(76.56% 0.114 211.2)
XYZxyz(35.5611, 46.8166, 74.8586)
Luminance0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##45C6DC1.002.0310.3610.36
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3621.001.001.00
##00000010.3621.001.001.00

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

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#45C6DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva