#45CBC4#45CBC4

#45CBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CBC4
RGB	rgb(69, 203, 196)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -37.24, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 37.92, 190.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.1126 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.114 190)
XYZ	xyz(33.7694, 47.9588, 59.6911)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CBC4 #CB454C

analogous

#45CB81 #45CBC4 #458FCB

triadic

#45CBC4 #C445CB #CBC445

tetradic

#45CBC4 #8145CB #CB454C #8FCB45

square

#45CBC4 #8145CB #CB454C #8FCB45

split-complementary

#45CBC4 #CB458F #CB8145

monochromatic

#217571 #2EA59F #45CBC4 #75D8D3 #A5E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#45CBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#45CBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CBC4

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CBC4	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 203, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbd5',
    500: '#45cbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cbc4;
$custom-light: #8adbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.866,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76894,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.47963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CBC4

secondary

#D3999C

accent

#4850E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CBC4

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

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