#45D8C4#45D8C4

#45D8C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.126 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D8C4
RGB	rgb(69, 216, 196)
HSL	hsl(172, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 9.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -43.08, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 43.10, 181.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.1257 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.126 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9692, 54.3582, 60.7577)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D8C4 #D84559

analogous

#45D87A #45D8C4 #45A2D8

triadic

#45D8C4 #C445D8 #D8C445

tetradic

#45D8C4 #7A45D8 #D84559 #A2D845

square

#45D8C4 #7A45D8 #D84559 #A2D845

split-complementary

#45D8C4 #D845A2 #D87A45

monochromatic

#1C8678 #27B9A5 #45D8C4 #78E3D4 #AAEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#45D8C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#45D8C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D8C4

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D8C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D8C4	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECCC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d8c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 216, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.126 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5d5',
    500: '#45d8c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d8c4;
$custom-light: #8ce5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d8c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.837,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80042,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D8C4

secondary

#8D3440

accent

#4056E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D8C4

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

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