#45CDD9#45CDD9

#45CDD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CDD9
RGB	rgb(69, 205, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -32.24, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 36.28, 207.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.1057 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.115 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8045, 49.9334, 73.3306)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CDD9 #D95145

analogous

#45D99B #45CDD9 #4583D9

triadic

#45CDD9 #D945CD #CDD945

tetradic

#45CDD9 #9B45D9 #D95145 #83D945

square

#45CDD9 #9B45D9 #D95145 #83D945

split-complementary

#45CDD9 #D94583 #D99B45

monochromatic

#1C7F88 #26AFBB #45CDD9 #78DBE3 #ABE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#45CDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#45CDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CDD9

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CDD9	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 205, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdce4',
    500: '#45cdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cdd9;
$custom-light: #8cdce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78102,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CDD9

secondary

#DBA39E

accent

#4D3FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CDD9

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

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