#45CBD8#45CBD8

#45CBD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CBD8
RGB	rgb(69, 203, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -31.57, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 35.87, 208.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.1041 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.114 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1995, 48.9308, 72.4892)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CBD8 #D85245

analogous

#45D89B #45CBD8 #4581D8

triadic

#45CBD8 #D845CB #CBD845

tetradic

#45CBD8 #9B45D8 #D85245 #81D845

square

#45CBD8 #9B45D8 #D85245 #81D845

split-complementary

#45CBD8 #D84581 #D89B45

monochromatic

#1C7D86 #27ACB9 #45CBD8 #78D9E3 #AAE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#45CBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#45CBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CBD8

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CBD8	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 203, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbe4',
    500: '#45cbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cbd8;
$custom-light: #8cdbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.306,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CBD8

secondary

#DBA39E

accent

#4E40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CBD8

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

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