#45C9CE#45C9CE

#45C9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.112 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9CE
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -33.51, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 35.94, 201.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.1063 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.112 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4765, 47.4908, 65.7302)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9CE #CE4A45

analogous

#45CE8F #45C9CE #4585CE

triadic

#45C9CE #CE45C9 #C9CE45

tetradic

#45C9CE #8F45CE #CE4A45 #85CE45

square

#45C9CE #8F45CE #CE4A45 #85CE45

split-complementary

#45C9CE #CE4585 #CE8F45

monochromatic

#207679 #2DA5A9 #45C9CE #75D7DB #A6E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#45C9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#45C9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9CE

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9CE	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.112 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdadc',
    500: '#45c9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9ce;
$custom-light: #8bdadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.19,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76753,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9CE

secondary

#D59C9A

accent

#4C46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9CE

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

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