#45C5CC#45C5CC

#45C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.110 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5CC
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -32.18, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 35.01, 203.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.1031 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.11 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3148, 45.5536, 64.1520)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5CC #CC4C45

analogous

#45CC8F #45C5CC #4581CC

triadic

#45C5CC #CC45C5 #C5CC45

tetradic

#45C5CC #8F45CC #CC4C45 #81CC45

square

#45C5CC #8F45CC #CC4C45 #81CC45

split-complementary

#45C5CC #CC4581 #CC8F45

monochromatic

#207276 #2EA0A6 #45C5CC #75D4D9 #A5E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#45C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#45C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5CC

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5CC	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.110 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7db',
    500: '#45c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5cc;
$custom-light: #8ad7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.111,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75723,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5CC

secondary

#D39C99

accent

#4F48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5CC

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

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