#45D5DC#45D5DC

#45D5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.119 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D5DC
RGB	rgb(69, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -35.15, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 38.05, 202.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.1124 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.119 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1610, 54.0165, 76.0586)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D5DC #DC4C45

analogous

#45DC97 #45D5DC #458ADC

triadic

#45D5DC #DC45D5 #D5DC45

tetradic

#45D5DC #9745DC #DC4C45 #8ADC45

square

#45D5DC #9745DC #DC4C45 #8ADC45

split-complementary

#45D5DC #DC458A #DC9745

monochromatic

#1A878C #24B9C0 #45D5DC #79E1E6 #ACECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#45D5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#45D5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D5DC

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D5DC	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.119 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2e6',
    500: '#45d5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d5dc;
$custom-light: #8de2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.781,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80109,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D5DC

secondary

#923833

accent

#453DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D5DC

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

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