#45CED4#45CED4

#45CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.115 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CED4
RGB	rgb(69, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -34.15, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 36.81, 201.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.1088 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.115 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4040, 50.1571, 70.0373)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CED4 #D44B45

analogous

#45D492 #45CED4 #4587D4

triadic

#45CED4 #D445CE #CED445

tetradic

#45CED4 #9245D4 #D44B45 #87D445

square

#45CED4 #9245D4 #D44B45 #87D445

split-complementary

#45CED4 #D44587 #D49245

monochromatic

#1E7D81 #29ADB3 #45CED4 #77DBDF #A8E8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#45CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#45CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CED4

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CED4	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.115 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdde1',
    500: '#45ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ced4;
$custom-light: #8cdde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.517,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7816,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CED4

secondary

#883935

accent

#4942E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CED4

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

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