#45C9DD#45C9DD

#45C9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9DD
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -29.12, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 35.54, 214.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.1001 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.115 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3865, 48.2548, 75.7890)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9DD #DD5945

analogous

#45DDA5 #45C9DD #457DDD

triadic

#45C9DD #DD45C9 #C9DD45

tetradic

#45C9DD #A545DD #DD5945 #7DDD45

square

#45C9DD #A545DD #DD5945 #7DDD45

split-complementary

#45C9DD #DD457D #DDA545

monochromatic

#1A7E8E #23ADC1 #45C9DD #79D8E6 #ACE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#45C9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#45C9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9DD

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9DD	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e7',
    500: '#45c9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9dd;
$custom-light: #8cd9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77303,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9DD

secondary

#DEA8A0

accent

#533CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9DD

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

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