#45C9CD#45C9CD

#45C9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.112 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9CD
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -33.80, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 36.03, 200.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.1067 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.112 198)
XYZ	xyz(34.3555, 47.4424, 65.0925)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9CD #CD4945

analogous

#45CD8D #45C9CD #4585CD

triadic

#45C9CD #CD45C9 #C9CD45

tetradic

#45C9CD #8D45CD #CD4945 #85CD45

square

#45C9CD #8D45CD #CD4945 #85CD45

split-complementary

#45C9CD #CD4585 #CD8D45

monochromatic

#207577 #2DA4A8 #45C9CD #75D7DA #A5E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#45C9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#45C9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9CD

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9CD	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.112 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adadc',
    500: '#45c9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9cd;
$custom-light: #8adadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76718,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.47446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9CD

secondary

#D49C9A

accent

#4B47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9CD

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

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