#45C8DC#45C8DC

#45C8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8DC
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -28.94, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 35.36, 215.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0996 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.114 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0213, 47.7370, 75.0120)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8DC #DC5945

analogous

#45DCA5 #45C8DC #457DDC

triadic

#45C8DC #DC45C8 #C8DC45

tetradic

#45C8DC #A545DC #DC5945 #7DDC45

square

#45C8DC #A545DC #DC5945 #7DDC45

split-complementary

#45C8DC #DC457D #DCA545

monochromatic

#1A7D8C #24ABC0 #45C8DC #79D7E6 #ACE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#45C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#45C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8DC

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8DC	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e6',
    500: '#45c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8dc;
$custom-light: #8cd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.947,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77029,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8DC

secondary

#DDA8A0

accent

#543DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8DC

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

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