#45C9CA#45C9CA

#45C9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9CA
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -34.65, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 36.35, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.108 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.112 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9968, 47.2989, 63.2036)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9CA #CA4645

analogous

#45CA88 #45C9CA #4586CA

triadic

#45C9CA #CA45C9 #C9CA45

tetradic

#45C9CA #8845CA #CA4645 #86CA45

square

#45C9CA #8845CA #CA4645 #86CA45

split-complementary

#45C9CA #CA4586 #CA8845

monochromatic

#217374 #2FA2A3 #45C9CA #75D7D8 #A4E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#45C9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#45C9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9CA

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9CA	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adada',
    500: '#45c9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9ca;
$custom-light: #8adada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.451,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76614,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9CA

secondary

#D29999

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9CA

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

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