#45CA9C#45CA9C

#45CA9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CA9C
RGB	rgb(69, 202, 156)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 22.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -46.89, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 48.54, 165.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1298 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.134 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5724, 45.9033, 38.7478)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CA9C #CA4573

analogous

#45CA59 #45CA9C #45B6CA

triadic

#45CA9C #9C45CA #CA9C45

tetradic

#45CA9C #5945CA #CA4573 #B6CA45

square

#45CA9C #5945CA #CA4573 #B6CA45

split-complementary

#45CA9C #CA45B6 #CA5945

monochromatic

#217457 #2FA37B #45CA9C #75D8B5 #A4E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#45CA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#45CA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CA9C

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CA9C	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ca9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 202, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbb9',
    500: '#45ca9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ca9c;
$custom-light: #88dbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ca9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.248,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75485,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CA9C

secondary

#D299AD

accent

#497DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CA9C

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

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