#45D8CD#45D8CD

#45D8CD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.123 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D8CD
RGB	rgb(69, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -40.69, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 41.12, 188.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.1217 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.123 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0244, 54.7803, 66.3154)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D8CD #D84550

analogous

#45D883 #45D8CD #4599D8

triadic

#45D8CD #CD45D8 #D8CD45

tetradic

#45D8CD #8345D8 #D84550 #99D845

square

#45D8CD #8345D8 #D84550 #99D845

split-complementary

#45D8CD #D84599 #D88345

monochromatic

#1C867E #27B9AE #45D8CD #78E3DB #AAEDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#45D8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#45D8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D8CD

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D8CD	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.123 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4dc',
    500: '#45d8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d8cd;
$custom-light: #8ce4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.51,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80322,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D8CD

secondary

#8D343B

accent

#404CE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D8CD

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

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