#45C5CD#45C5CD

#45C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.110 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5CD
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -31.90, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 34.94, 204.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.1027 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.11 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4351, 45.6017, 64.7857)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5CD #CD4D45

analogous

#45CD91 #45C5CD #4581CD

triadic

#45C5CD #CD45C5 #C5CD45

tetradic

#45C5CD #9145CD #CD4D45 #81CD45

square

#45C5CD #9145CD #CD4D45 #81CD45

split-complementary

#45C5CD #CD4581 #CD9145

monochromatic

#207277 #2DA1A8 #45C5CD #75D4DA #A5E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#45C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#45C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5CD

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5CD	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.110 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7dc',
    500: '#45c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5cd;
$custom-light: #8ad7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75759,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5CD

secondary

#D49D9A

accent

#5047E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5CD

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

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