#45C9DF#45C9DF

#45C9DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.116 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9DF
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -28.53, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 35.63, 216.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0993 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.116 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6545, 48.3620, 77.2007)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9DF #DF5B45

analogous

#45DFA8 #45C9DF #457CDF

triadic

#45C9DF #DF45C9 #C9DF45

tetradic

#45C9DF #A845DF #DF5B45 #7CDF45

square

#45C9DF #A845DF #DF5B45 #7CDF45

split-complementary

#45C9DF #DF457C #DFA845

monochromatic

#198091 #22AEC5 #45C9DF #79D8E8 #ADE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#45C9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#45C9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9DF

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9DF	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.116 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e9',
    500: '#45c9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9df;
$custom-light: #8cd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7738,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9DF

secondary

#DFAAA1

accent

#543AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9DF

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

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