#45C4CC#45C4CC

#45C4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.109 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4CC
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -31.71, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 34.75, 204.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.1021 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.109 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0885, 45.1010, 64.0766)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4CC #CC4D45

analogous

#45CC91 #45C4CC #4580CC

triadic

#45C4CC #CC45C4 #C4CC45

tetradic

#45C4CC #9145CC #CC4D45 #80CC45

square

#45C4CC #9145CC #CC4D45 #80CC45

split-complementary

#45C4CC #CC4580 #CC9145

monochromatic

#207176 #2E9FA6 #45C4CC #75D3D9 #A5E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#45C4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#45C4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4CC

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4CC	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.109 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6db',
    500: '#45c4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4cc;
$custom-light: #8ad6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75483,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4CC

secondary

#D39D99

accent

#5148E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4CC

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

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