#45C5CB#45C5CB

#45C5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.110 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5CB
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -32.47, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 35.08, 202.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.1036 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.11 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1953, 45.5058, 63.5224)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5CB #CB4B45

analogous

#45CB8E #45C5CB #4582CB

triadic

#45C5CB #CB45C5 #C5CB45

tetradic

#45C5CB #8E45CB #CB4B45 #82CB45

square

#45C5CB #8E45CB #CB4B45 #82CB45

split-complementary

#45C5CB #CB4582 #CB8E45

monochromatic

#217175 #2E9FA5 #45C5CB #75D4D8 #A5E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#45C5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#45C5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5CB

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5CB	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.110 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7da',
    500: '#45c5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5cb;
$custom-light: #8ad7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75687,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5CB

secondary

#D39C99

accent

#4F48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5CB

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

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