#45C9DB#45C9DB

#45C9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9DB
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -29.72, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 35.49, 213.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.1009 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.114 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1216, 48.1488, 74.3940)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9DB #DB5745

analogous

#45DBA2 #45C9DB #457EDB

triadic

#45C9DB #DB45C9 #C9DB45

tetradic

#45C9DB #A245DB #DB5745 #7EDB45

square

#45C9DB #A245DB #DB5745 #7EDB45

split-complementary

#45C9DB #DB457E #DBA245

monochromatic

#1B7D8B #25ACBE #45C9DB #78D8E5 #ACE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#45C9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#45C9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9DB

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9DB	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e6',
    500: '#45c9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9db;
$custom-light: #8cd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77227,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9DB

secondary

#DDA79F

accent

#523DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9DB

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

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