#45C6DF#45C6DF

#45C6DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C6DF
RGB	rgb(69, 198, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -27.05, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 35.30, 219.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0964 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.115 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9620, 46.9770, 76.9699)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C6DF #DF5E45

analogous

#45DFAB #45C6DF #4579DF

triadic

#45C6DF #DF45C6 #C6DF45

tetradic

#45C6DF #AB45DF #DF5E45 #79DF45

square

#45C6DF #AB45DF #DF5E45 #79DF45

split-complementary

#45C6DF #DF4579 #DFAB45

monochromatic

#197D91 #22AAC5 #45C6DF #79D6E8 #ADE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#45C6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#45C6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C6DF

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C6DF	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 198, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e9',
    500: '#45c6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c6df;
$custom-light: #8cd7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.74,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76673,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C6DF

secondary

#DFABA1

accent

#573AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C6DF

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

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