#45C8D8#45C8D8

#45C8D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.113 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8D8
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -30.12, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 35.28, 211.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.1012 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.113 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4979, 47.5276, 72.2553)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8D8 #D85545

analogous

#45D89F #45C8D8 #457ED8

triadic

#45C8D8 #D845C8 #C8D845

tetradic

#45C8D8 #9F45D8 #D85545 #7ED845

square

#45C8D8 #9F45D8 #D85545 #7ED845

split-complementary

#45C8D8 #D8457E #D89F45

monochromatic

#1C7B86 #27A9B9 #45C8D8 #78D7E3 #AAE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#45C8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#45C8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8D8

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8D8	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.113 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9e4',
    500: '#45c8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8d8;
$custom-light: #8bd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.531,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76877,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8D8

secondary

#DBA59E

accent

#5240E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8D8

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

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