#45C7DB#45C7DB

#45C7DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.114 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C7DB
RGB	rgb(69, 199, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -28.75, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 35.18, 215.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.099 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.114 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6584, 47.2225, 74.2397)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C7DB #DB5945

analogous

#45DBA4 #45C7DB #457CDB

triadic

#45C7DB #DB45C7 #C7DB45

tetradic

#45C7DB #A445DB #DB5945 #7CDB45

square

#45C7DB #A445DB #DB5945 #7CDB45

split-complementary

#45C7DB #DB457C #DBA445

monochromatic

#1B7C8B #25AABE #45C7DB #78D6E5 #ACE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#45C7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#45C7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C7DB

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C7DB	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 199, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.114 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd8e6',
    500: '#45c7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c7db;
$custom-light: #8cd8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76754,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C7DB

secondary

#DDA79F

accent

#543DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C7DB

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

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