#45C5CE#45C5CE

#45C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.110 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5CE
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -31.61, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 34.89, 205.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.1023 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.11 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5562, 45.6502, 65.4234)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5CE #CE4E45

analogous

#45CE93 #45C5CE #4581CE

triadic

#45C5CE #CE45C5 #C5CE45

tetradic

#45C5CE #9345CE #CE4E45 #81CE45

square

#45C5CE #9345CE #CE4E45 #81CE45

split-complementary

#45C5CE #CE4581 #CE9345

monochromatic

#207379 #2DA1A9 #45C5CE #75D4DB #A6E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#45C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#45C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5CE

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5CE	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.110 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7dd',
    500: '#45c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5ce;
$custom-light: #8ad7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.942,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75795,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5CE

secondary

#D59E9A

accent

#5046E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5CE

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

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