#45C7D8#45C7D8

#45C7D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C7D8
RGB	rgb(69, 199, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -29.64, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 35.11, 212.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.1002 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.113 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2670, 47.0659, 72.1784)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C7D8 #D85645

analogous

#45D89F #45C7D8 #457DD8

triadic

#45C7D8 #D845C7 #C7D845

tetradic

#45C7D8 #9F45D8 #D85645 #7DD845

square

#45C7D8 #9F45D8 #D85645 #7DD845

split-complementary

#45C7D8 #D8457D #D89F45

monochromatic

#1C7A86 #27A8B9 #45C7D8 #78D6E3 #AAE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#45C7D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#45C7D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C7D8

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C7D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C7D8	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c7d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 199, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8e4',
    500: '#45c7d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c7d8;
$custom-light: #8bd8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c7d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.939,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7664,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C7D8

secondary

#DBA59E

accent

#5340E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C7D8

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

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