#45C8CA#45C8CA

#45C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8CA
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -34.18, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 36.04, 198.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.107 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7645, 46.8342, 63.1261)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8CA #CA4745

analogous

#45CA89 #45C8CA #4585CA

triadic

#45C8CA #CA45C8 #C8CA45

tetradic

#45C8CA #8945CA #CA4745 #85CA45

square

#45C8CA #8945CA #CA4745 #85CA45

split-complementary

#45C8CA #CA4585 #CA8945

monochromatic

#217274 #2FA2A3 #45C8CA #75D6D8 #A4E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#45C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#45C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8CA

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8CA	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9da',
    500: '#45c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8ca;
$custom-light: #8ad9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76373,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8CA

secondary

#D29A99

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8CA

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

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