#45CBC8#45CBC8

#45CBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CBC8
RGB	rgb(69, 203, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 1.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -36.14, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 37.27, 194.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.1109 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.114 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2308, 48.1433, 62.1209)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CBC8 #CB4548

analogous

#45CB85 #45CBC8 #458BCB

triadic

#45CBC8 #C845CB #CBC845

tetradic

#45CBC8 #8545CB #CB4548 #8BCB45

square

#45CBC8 #8545CB #CB4548 #8BCB45

split-complementary

#45CBC8 #CB458B #CB8545

monochromatic

#217573 #2EA5A2 #45CBC8 #75D8D6 #A5E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#45CBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#45CBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CBC8

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CBC8	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 203, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbd8',
    500: '#45cbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cbc8;
$custom-light: #8adbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.657,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77027,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CBC8

secondary

#D3999A

accent

#484CE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CBC8

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

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