#45C9C8#45C9C8

#45C9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.112 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9C8
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -35.21, -10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 36.60, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.1089 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.112 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7615, 47.2048, 61.9645)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9C8 #C94546

analogous

#45C986 #45C9C8 #4588C9

triadic

#45C9C8 #C845C9 #C9C845

tetradic

#45C9C8 #8645C9 #C94546 #88C945

square

#45C9C8 #8645C9 #C94546 #88C945

split-complementary

#45C9C8 #C94588 #C98645

monochromatic

#217272 #2FA2A1 #45C9C8 #74D7D6 #A4E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#45C9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#45C9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9C8

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9C8	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.112 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adad8',
    500: '#45c9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9c8;
$custom-light: #8adad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76545,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9C8

secondary

#D19899

accent

#494BDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9C8

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

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