#45C5C8#45C5C8

#45C5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.110 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5C8
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -33.33, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 35.35, 199.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.1048 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.11 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8412, 45.3642, 61.6577)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5C8 #C84845

analogous

#45C889 #45C5C8 #4583C8

triadic

#45C5C8 #C845C5 #C5C845

tetradic

#45C5C8 #8945C8 #C84845 #83C845

square

#45C5C8 #8945C8 #C84845 #83C845

split-complementary

#45C5C8 #C84583 #C88945

monochromatic

#216F71 #2F9EA0 #45C5C8 #74D4D6 #A3E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#45C5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#45C5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5C8

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5C8	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.110 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7d8',
    500: '#45c5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5c8;
$custom-light: #8ad7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.374,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75581,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5C8

secondary

#D19998

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5C8

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

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