#45C9D6#45C9D6

#45C9D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.113 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9D6
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 214)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -31.20, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 35.50, 208.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.103 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.113 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4732, 47.8895, 70.9794)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9D6 #D65245

analogous

#45D69A #45C9D6 #4581D6

triadic

#45C9D6 #D645C9 #C9D645

tetradic

#45C9D6 #9A45D6 #D65245 #81D645

square

#45C9D6 #9A45D6 #D65245 #81D645

split-complementary

#45C9D6 #D64581 #D69A45

monochromatic

#1D7A84 #28A9B6 #45C9D6 #77D8E1 #A9E6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#45C9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#45C9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9D6

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9D6	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.113 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdae2',
    500: '#45c9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9d6;
$custom-light: #8bdae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.379,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77041,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9D6

secondary

#DAA39D

accent

#5041E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9D6

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

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