#45CAC8#45CAC8

#45CAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.113 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CAC8
RGB	rgb(69, 202, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -35.67, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 36.94, 195.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.1099 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.113 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9954, 47.6726, 62.0425)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CAC8 #CA4547

analogous

#45CA85 #45CAC8 #4589CA

triadic

#45CAC8 #C845CA #CAC845

tetradic

#45CAC8 #8545CA #CA4547 #89CA45

square

#45CAC8 #8545CA #CA4547 #89CA45

split-complementary

#45CAC8 #CA4589 #CA8545

monochromatic

#217472 #2FA3A2 #45CAC8 #75D8D6 #A4E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#45CAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#45CAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CAC8

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CAC8	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 202, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.113 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adad8',
    500: '#45cac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cac8;
$custom-light: #8adad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.098,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76786,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CAC8

secondary

#D2999A

accent

#494BDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CAC8

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

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