#45C8CE#45C8CE

#45C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.112 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8CE
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -33.04, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 35.66, 202.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.1053 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.112 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2442, 47.0261, 65.6527)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8CE #CE4B45

analogous

#45CE90 #45C8CE #4584CE

triadic

#45C8CE #CE45C8 #C8CE45

tetradic

#45C8CE #9045CE #CE4B45 #84CE45

square

#45C8CE #9045CE #CE4B45 #84CE45

split-complementary

#45C8CE #CE4584 #CE9045

monochromatic

#207579 #2DA4A9 #45C8CE #75D6DB #A6E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#45C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#45C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8CE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8CE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.112 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9dc',
    500: '#45c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8ce;
$custom-light: #8ad9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.628,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76513,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8CE

secondary

#D59D9A

accent

#4D46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8CE

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

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