#45C9D9#45C9D9

#45C9D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9D9
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -30.31, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 35.47, 211.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.1018 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.114 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8599, 48.0442, 73.0157)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9D9 #D95545

analogous

#45D99F #45C9D9 #457FD9

triadic

#45C9D9 #D945C9 #C9D945

tetradic

#45C9D9 #9F45D9 #D95545 #7FD945

square

#45C9D9 #9F45D9 #D95545 #7FD945

split-complementary

#45C9D9 #D9457F #D99F45

monochromatic

#1C7C88 #26ABBB #45C9D9 #78D8E3 #ABE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#45C9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#45C9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9D9

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9D9	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e4',
    500: '#45c9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9d9;
$custom-light: #8cd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77152,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9D9

secondary

#DBA59E

accent

#513FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9D9

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

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