#45CADD#45CADD

#45CADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.115 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CADD
RGB	rgb(69, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -29.61, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 35.69, 213.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.1011 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.115 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6203, 48.7225, 75.8670)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CADD #DD5845

analogous

#45DDA4 #45CADD #457EDD

triadic

#45CADD #DD45CA #CADD45

tetradic

#45CADD #A445DD #DD5845 #7EDD45

square

#45CADD #A445DD #DD5845 #7EDD45

split-complementary

#45CADD #DD457E #DDA445

monochromatic

#1A7F8E #23AEC1 #45CADD #79D9E6 #ACE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#45CADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#45CADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CADD

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CADD	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.115 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdae7',
    500: '#45cadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cadd;
$custom-light: #8cdae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77539,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CADD

secondary

#DEA8A0

accent

#523CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CADD

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

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