#45C4C8#45C4C8

#45C4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4C8
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 2%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -32.85, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 35.06, 200.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.1038 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.109 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6149, 44.9115, 61.5823)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4C8 #C84945

analogous

#45C88A #45C4C8 #4582C8

triadic

#45C4C8 #C845C4 #C4C845

tetradic

#45C4C8 #8A45C8 #C84945 #82C845

square

#45C4C8 #8A45C8 #C84945 #82C845

split-complementary

#45C4C8 #C84582 #C88A45

monochromatic

#216F71 #2F9DA0 #45C4C8 #74D3D6 #A3E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#45C4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#45C4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4C8

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4C8	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6d8',
    500: '#45c4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4c8;
$custom-light: #89d6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.832,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75341,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4C8

secondary

#D19A98

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4C8

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

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