#45C8CC#45C8CC

#45C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8CC
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -33.61, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 35.84, 200.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.1062 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.112 198)
XYZ	xyz(34.0028, 46.9296, 64.3813)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8CC #CC4945

analogous

#45CC8C #45C8CC #4584CC

triadic

#45C8CC #CC45C8 #C8CC45

tetradic

#45C8CC #8C45CC #CC4945 #84CC45

square

#45C8CC #8C45CC #CC4945 #84CC45

split-complementary

#45C8CC #CC4584 #CC8C45

monochromatic

#207476 #2EA3A6 #45C8CC #75D6D9 #A5E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#45C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#45C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8CC

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8CC	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9db',
    500: '#45c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8cc;
$custom-light: #8ad9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.778,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76443,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.46933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8CC

secondary

#D39B99

accent

#4C48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8CC

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

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