#45D4DD#45D4DD

#45D4DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D4DD
RGB	rgb(69, 212, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -34.39, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 37.73, 204.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.111 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0431, 53.5681, 76.6746)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D4DD #DD4E45

analogous

#45DD9A #45D4DD #4588DD

triadic

#45D4DD #DD45D4 #D4DD45

tetradic

#45D4DD #9A45DD #DD4E45 #88DD45

square

#45D4DD #9A45DD #DD4E45 #88DD45

split-complementary

#45D4DD #DD4588 #DD9A45

monochromatic

#1A878E #23B8C1 #45D4DD #79E0E6 #ACECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#45D4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#45D4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D4DD

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D4DD	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 212, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1e7',
    500: '#45d4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d4dd;
$custom-light: #8de1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.553,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79907,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D4DD

secondary

#933933

accent

#463CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D4DD

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

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