#45C8DB#45C8DB

#45C8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8DB
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -29.23, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 35.33, 214.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.1 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.114 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8892, 47.6841, 74.3166)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8DB #DB5845

analogous

#45DBA3 #45C8DB #457DDB

triadic

#45C8DB #DB45C8 #C8DB45

tetradic

#45C8DB #A345DB #DB5845 #7DDB45

square

#45C8DB #A345DB #DB5845 #7DDB45

split-complementary

#45C8DB #DB457D #DBA345

monochromatic

#1B7D8B #25ABBE #45C8DB #78D7E5 #ACE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#45C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#45C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8DB

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8DB	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e6',
    500: '#45c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8db;
$custom-light: #8cd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8DB

secondary

#DDA79F

accent

#533DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8DB

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

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