#45C2CE#45C2CE

#45C2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.109 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C2CE
RGB	rgb(69, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -30.16, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 34.19, 208.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0993 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.109 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8818, 44.3013, 65.1986)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C2CE #CE5145

analogous

#45CE95 #45C2CE #457ECE

triadic

#45C2CE #CE45C2 #C2CE45

tetradic

#45C2CE #9545CE #CE5145 #7ECE45

square

#45C2CE #9545CE #CE5145 #7ECE45

split-complementary

#45C2CE #CE457E #CE9545

monochromatic

#207179 #2D9EA9 #45C2CE #75D2DB #A6E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#45C2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#45C2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C2CE

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C2CE	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.109 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5dd',
    500: '#45c2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c2ce;
$custom-light: #8ad5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.255,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75077,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C2CE

secondary

#D59F9A

accent

#5446E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C2CE

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

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