#45D8CF#45D8CF

#45D8CF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D8CF
RGB	rgb(69, 216, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -40.15, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 40.74, 189.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.1209 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.122 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2674, 54.8775, 67.5950)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D8CF #D8454E

analogous

#45D886 #45D8CF #4597D8

triadic

#45D8CF #CF45D8 #D8CF45

tetradic

#45D8CF #8645D8 #D8454E #97D845

square

#45D8CF #8645D8 #D8454E #97D845

split-complementary

#45D8CF #D84597 #D88645

monochromatic

#1C8680 #27B9B0 #45D8CF #78E3DC #AAEDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#45D8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#45D8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D8CF

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D8CF	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 216, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4dd',
    500: '#45d8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d8cf;
$custom-light: #8ce4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.327,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80386,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D8CF

secondary

#8D343A

accent

#404AE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D8CF

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

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