#45D9D8#45D9D8

#45D9D8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.122 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D9D8
RGB	rgb(69, 217, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -38.13, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 39.64, 195.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.118 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.122 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6562, 55.8442, 73.6414)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D9D8 #D94546

analogous

#45D98E #45D9D8 #4590D9

triadic

#45D9D8 #D845D9 #D9D845

tetradic

#45D9D8 #8E45D9 #D94546 #90D945

square

#45D9D8 #8E45D9 #D94546 #90D945

split-complementary

#45D9D8 #D94590 #D98E45

monochromatic

#1C8887 #26BBBA #45D9D8 #78E3E3 #ABEEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#45D9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#45D9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D9D8

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D9D8	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 217, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.122 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de5e4',
    500: '#45d9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d9d8;
$custom-light: #8de5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.595,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80923,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D9D8

secondary

#8E3435

accent

#3F40E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D9D8

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

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