#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
RGBrgb(69, 200, 216)
HSLhsl(187, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(187, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.53, -30.12, -18.37)
CIE-LCHlch(74.53, 35.28, 211.37°)
OKLaboklab(76.88% -0.1012 -0.051)
OKLCHoklch(76.88% 0.113 206.8)
XYZxyz(35.4979, 47.5276, 72.2553)
Luminance0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##45C8D81.002.0010.5110.51
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5121.001.001.00
##00000010.5121.001.001.00

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

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#45C8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva