#45C9CC#45C9CC

#45C9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.112 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9CC
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -34.08, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 36.13, 199.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.1072 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.112 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2351, 47.3943, 64.4588)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9CC #CC4845

analogous

#45CC8B #45C9CC #4585CC

triadic

#45C9CC #CC45C9 #C9CC45

tetradic

#45C9CC #8B45CC #CC4845 #85CC45

square

#45C9CC #8B45CC #CC4845 #85CC45

split-complementary

#45C9CC #CC4585 #CC8B45

monochromatic

#207476 #2EA4A6 #45C9CC #75D7D9 #A5E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#45C9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#45C9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9CC

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9CC	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.112 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adadb',
    500: '#45c9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9cc;
$custom-light: #8adadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76683,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9CC

secondary

#D39B99

accent

#4B48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9CC

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

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