#45C8CB#45C8CB

#45C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8CB
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -33.89, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 35.94, 199.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.1066 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.112 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8832, 46.8817, 63.7517)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8CB #CB4845

analogous

#45CB8B #45C8CB #4585CB

triadic

#45C8CB #CB45C8 #C8CB45

tetradic

#45C8CB #8B45CB #CB4845 #85CB45

square

#45C8CB #8B45CB #CB4845 #85CB45

split-complementary

#45C8CB #CB4585 #CB8B45

monochromatic

#217375 #2EA2A5 #45C8CB #75D6D8 #A5E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#45C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#45C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8CB

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8CB	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9da',
    500: '#45c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8cb;
$custom-light: #8ad9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76408,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8CB

secondary

#D39A99

accent

#4C48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8CB

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

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