#45D8CA#45D8CA

#45D8CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.124 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D8CA
RGB	rgb(69, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -41.50, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 41.73, 186.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.123 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.124 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6658, 54.6369, 64.4265)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D8CA #D84553

analogous

#45D880 #45D8CA #459CD8

triadic

#45D8CA #CA45D8 #D8CA45

tetradic

#45D8CA #8045D8 #D84553 #9CD845

square

#45D8CA #8045D8 #D84553 #9CD845

split-complementary

#45D8CA #D8459C #D88045

monochromatic

#1C867C #27B9AB #45D8CA #78E3D8 #AAEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#45D8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#45D8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D8CA

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D8CA	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.124 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4da',
    500: '#45d8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d8ca;
$custom-light: #8ce4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80227,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D8CA

secondary

#8D343D

accent

#4050E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D8CA

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

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