#45C6DD#45C6DD

#45C6DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.114 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C6DD
RGB	rgb(69, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -27.65, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 35.16, 218.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0972 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.114 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6939, 46.8698, 75.5582)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C6DD #DD5C45

analogous

#45DDA8 #45C6DD #457ADD

triadic

#45C6DD #DD45C6 #C6DD45

tetradic

#45C6DD #A845DD #DD5C45 #7ADD45

square

#45C6DD #A845DD #DD5C45 #7ADD45

split-complementary

#45C6DD #DD457A #DDA845

monochromatic

#1A7C8E #23AAC1 #45C6DD #79D6E6 #ACE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#45C6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#45C6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C6DD

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C6DD	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.114 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e7',
    500: '#45c6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c6dd;
$custom-light: #8cd7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.079,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76595,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C6DD

secondary

#DEA9A0

accent

#573CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C6DD

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

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