#45CACC#45CACC

#45CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.113 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CACC
RGB	rgb(69, 202, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -34.55, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 36.43, 198.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.1082 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.113 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4690, 47.8620, 64.5367)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CACC #CC4745

analogous

#45CC8A #45CACC #4586CC

triadic

#45CACC #CC45CA #CACC45

tetradic

#45CACC #8A45CC #CC4745 #86CC45

square

#45CACC #8A45CC #CC4745 #86CC45

split-complementary

#45CACC #CC4586 #CC8A45

monochromatic

#207576 #2EA4A6 #45CACC #75D8D9 #A5E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#45CACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#45CACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CACC

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CACC	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.113 196.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76923,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CACC

secondary

#D39A99

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CACC

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

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