#45D8C6#45D8C6

#45D8C6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.125 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D8C6
RGB	rgb(69, 216, 198)
HSL	hsl(173, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 8.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -42.56, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 42.63, 183.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.1248 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.125 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1983, 54.4499, 61.9646)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D8C6 #D84557

analogous

#45D87C #45D8C6 #45A0D8

triadic

#45D8C6 #C645D8 #D8C645

tetradic

#45D8C6 #7C45D8 #D84557 #A0D845

square

#45D8C6 #7C45D8 #D84557 #A0D845

split-complementary

#45D8C6 #D845A0 #D87C45

monochromatic

#1C8679 #27B9A7 #45D8C6 #78E3D6 #AAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#45D8C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#45D8C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D8C6

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D8C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D8C6	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECCC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d8c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 216, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.125 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5d7',
    500: '#45d8c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d8c6;
$custom-light: #8ce5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d8c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.653,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80103,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D8C6

secondary

#8D343F

accent

#4054E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D8C6

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

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