#45C0CC#45C0CC

#45C0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C0CC
RGB	rgb(69, 192, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -29.77, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 33.81, 208.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0981 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.108 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1983, 43.3205, 63.7798)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C0CC #CC5145

analogous

#45CC94 #45C0CC #457CCC

triadic

#45C0CC #CC45C0 #C0CC45

tetradic

#45C0CC #9445CC #CC5145 #7CCC45

square

#45C0CC #9445CC #CC5145 #7CCC45

split-complementary

#45C0CC #CC457C #CC9445

monochromatic

#206F76 #2E9BA6 #45C0CC #75D0D9 #A5E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#45C0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#45C0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C0CC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C0CC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 192, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3db',
    500: '#45c0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c0cc;
$custom-light: #89d3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74524,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C0CC

secondary

#D39F99

accent

#5548E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C0CC

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

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