#45CBC5#45CBC5

#45CBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CBC5
RGB	rgb(69, 203, 197)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -36.97, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 37.75, 191.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.1122 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.114 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8836, 48.0045, 60.2925)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CBC5 #CB454B

analogous

#45CB82 #45CBC5 #458ECB

triadic

#45CBC5 #C545CB #CBC545

tetradic

#45CBC5 #8245CB #CB454B #8ECB45

square

#45CBC5 #8245CB #CB454B #8ECB45

split-complementary

#45CBC5 #CB458E #CB8245

monochromatic

#217571 #2EA59F #45CBC5 #75D8D4 #A5E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#45CBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#45CBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CBC5

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CBC5	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 203, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbd6',
    500: '#45cbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cbc5;
$custom-light: #8adbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.313,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76927,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CBC5

secondary

#D3999C

accent

#484FE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CBC5

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

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