#45CBDE#45CBDE

#45CBDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CBDE
RGB	rgb(69, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -29.80, -19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 35.88, 213.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.1017 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.116 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9893, 49.2468, 76.6492)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CBDE #DE5845

analogous

#45DEA5 #45CBDE #457FDE

triadic

#45CBDE #DE45CB #CBDE45

tetradic

#45CBDE #A545DE #DE5845 #7FDE45

square

#45CBDE #A545DE #DE5845 #7FDE45

split-complementary

#45CBDE #DE457F #DEA545

monochromatic

#19818F #23AFC3 #45CBDE #79DAE7 #ADE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#45CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#45CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CBDE

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CBDE	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbe8',
    500: '#45cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cbde;
$custom-light: #8cdbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.451,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77813,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CBDE

secondary

#DFA8A0

accent

#513BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CBDE

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

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