#45C7DF#45C7DF

#45C7DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.115 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C7DF
RGB	rgb(69, 199, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -27.54, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 35.40, 218.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0974 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.115 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1913, 47.4356, 77.0463)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C7DF #DF5D45

analogous

#45DFAA #45C7DF #457ADF

triadic

#45C7DF #DF45C7 #C7DF45

tetradic

#45C7DF #AA45DF #DF5D45 #7ADF45

square

#45C7DF #AA45DF #DF5D45 #7ADF45

split-complementary

#45C7DF #DF457A #DFAA45

monochromatic

#197E91 #22ACC5 #45C7DF #79D7E8 #ADE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#45C7DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#45C7DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C7DF

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C7DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C7DF	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c7df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 199, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.115 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd8e9',
    500: '#45c7df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c7df;
$custom-light: #8cd8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c7df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C7DF

secondary

#DFAAA1

accent

#563AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C7DF

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

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