#45C5CF#45C5CF

#45C5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5CF
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 207)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -31.32, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 34.84, 205.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.1019 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6781, 45.6989, 66.0652)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5CF #CF4F45

analogous

#45CF94 #45C5CF #4580CF

triadic

#45C5CF #CF45C5 #C5CF45

tetradic

#45C5CF #9445CF #CF4F45 #80CF45

square

#45C5CF #9445CF #CF4F45 #80CF45

split-complementary

#45C5CF #CF4580 #CF9445

monochromatic

#20747A #2CA2AB #45C5CF #76D4DC #A6E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#45C5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#45C5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5CF

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5CF	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7dd',
    500: '#45c5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5cf;
$custom-light: #8ad7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75831,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5CF

secondary

#D59F9B

accent

#5146E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5CF

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

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