#45C5CA#45C5CA

#45C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5CA
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -32.76, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 35.16, 201.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.104 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0765, 45.4583, 62.8968)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5CA #CA4A45

analogous

#45CA8D #45C5CA #4582CA

triadic

#45C5CA #CA45C5 #C5CA45

tetradic

#45C5CA #8D45CA #CA4A45 #82CA45

square

#45C5CA #8D45CA #CA4A45 #82CA45

split-complementary

#45C5CA #CA4582 #CA8D45

monochromatic

#217174 #2F9FA3 #45C5CA #75D4D8 #A4E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#45C5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#45C5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5CA

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5CA	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7da',
    500: '#45c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5ca;
$custom-light: #8ad7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.256,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75652,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5CA

secondary

#D29B99

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5CA

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

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