#45D8CE#45D8CE

#45D8CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.123 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D8CE
RGB	rgb(69, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -40.42, -6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 40.92, 188.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.1213 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.123 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1455, 54.8288, 66.9532)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D8CE #D8454F

analogous

#45D884 #45D8CE #4599D8

triadic

#45D8CE #CE45D8 #D8CE45

tetradic

#45D8CE #8445D8 #D8454F #99D845

square

#45D8CE #8445D8 #D8454F #99D845

split-complementary

#45D8CE #D84599 #D88445

monochromatic

#1C867F #27B9AF #45D8CE #78E3DB #AAEDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#45D8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#45D8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D8CE

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D8CE	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.123 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4dc',
    500: '#45d8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d8ce;
$custom-light: #8ce4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.918,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80354,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D8CE

secondary

#8D343A

accent

#404BE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D8CE

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

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