#45D9DB#45D9DB

#45D9DB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.122 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D9DB
RGB	rgb(69, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -37.29, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 39.27, 198.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.1167 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.122 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0475, 56.0007, 75.7027)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D9DB #DB4745

analogous

#45DB92 #45D9DB #458EDB

triadic

#45D9DB #DB45D9 #D9DB45

tetradic

#45D9DB #9245DB #DB4745 #8EDB45

square

#45D9DB #9245DB #DB4745 #8EDB45

split-complementary

#45D9DB #DB458E #DB9245

monochromatic

#1B898B #25BCBE #45D9DB #78E3E5 #ACEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#45D9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#45D9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D9DB

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D9DB	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.122 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de5e6',
    500: '#45d9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d9db;
$custom-light: #8de5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.8,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81025,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D9DB

secondary

#913534

accent

#403DEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D9DB

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

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