#45CDD8#45CDD8

#45CDD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CDD8
RGB	rgb(69, 205, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -32.53, -16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 36.31, 206.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.1061 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.115 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6748, 49.8815, 72.6477)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CDD8 #D85045

analogous

#45D899 #45CDD8 #4583D8

triadic

#45CDD8 #D845CD #CDD845

tetradic

#45CDD8 #9945D8 #D85045 #83D845

square

#45CDD8 #9945D8 #D85045 #83D845

split-complementary

#45CDD8 #D84583 #D89945

monochromatic

#1C7E86 #27AEB9 #45CDD8 #78DBE3 #AAE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#45CDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#45CDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CDD8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CDD8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 205, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdce4',
    500: '#45cdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cdd8;
$custom-light: #8cdce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.49,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78065,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CDD8

secondary

#DBA29E

accent

#4C40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CDD8

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

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