#45C3CE#45C3CE

#45C3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3CE
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -30.64, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 34.41, 207.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.1003 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.109 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1051, 44.7479, 65.2731)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3CE #CE5045

analogous

#45CE95 #45C3CE #457FCE

triadic

#45C3CE #CE45C3 #C3CE45

tetradic

#45C3CE #9545CE #CE5045 #7FCE45

square

#45C3CE #9545CE #CE5045 #7FCE45

split-complementary

#45C3CE #CE457F #CE9545

monochromatic

#207279 #2D9FA9 #45C3CE #75D3DB #A6E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#45C3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#45C3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3CE

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3CE	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5dd',
    500: '#45c3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3ce;
$custom-light: #8ad5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.818,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75316,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3CE

secondary

#D59F9A

accent

#5346E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3CE

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

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