#45C9CB#45C9CB

#45C9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9CB
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -34.36, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 36.24, 198.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.1076 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1156, 47.3464, 63.8291)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9CB #CB4745

analogous

#45CB8A #45C9CB #4586CB

triadic

#45C9CB #CB45C9 #C9CB45

tetradic

#45C9CB #8A45CB #CB4745 #86CB45

square

#45C9CB #8A45CB #CB4745 #86CB45

split-complementary

#45C9CB #CB4586 #CB8A45

monochromatic

#217475 #2EA3A5 #45C9CB #75D7D8 #A5E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#45C9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#45C9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9CB

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9CB	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adada',
    500: '#45c9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9cb;
$custom-light: #8adada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76648,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9CB

secondary

#D39A99

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9CB

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

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