#45CED9#45CED9

#45CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.116 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CED9
RGB	rgb(69, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -32.71, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 36.50, 206.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.1067 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.116 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0445, 50.4133, 73.4106)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CED9 #D95045

analogous

#45D99A #45CED9 #4584D9

triadic

#45CED9 #D945CE #CED945

tetradic

#45CED9 #9A45D9 #D95045 #84D945

square

#45CED9 #9A45D9 #D95045 #84D945

split-complementary

#45CED9 #D94584 #D99A45

monochromatic

#1C8088 #26B0BB #45CED9 #78DBE3 #ABE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#45CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#45CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CED9

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CED9	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.116 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdde4',
    500: '#45ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ced9;
$custom-light: #8cdde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.459,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78339,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CED9

secondary

#8E3B34

accent

#4B3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CED9

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

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