#45D9CA#45D9CA

#45D9CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.125 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45D9CA
RGB	rgb(69, 217, 202)
HSL	hsl(174, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -41.94, -3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 42.13, 185.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.124 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.125 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9228, 55.1508, 64.5122)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45D9CA #D94554

analogous

#45D980 #45D9CA #459ED9

triadic

#45D9CA #CA45D9 #D9CA45

tetradic

#45D9CA #8045D9 #D94554 #9ED945

square

#45D9CA #8045D9 #D94554 #9ED945

split-complementary

#45D9CA #D9459E #D98045

monochromatic

#1C887D #26BBAC #45D9CA #78E3D8 #ABEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#45D9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#45D9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45D9CA

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45D9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45D9CA	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45d9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 217, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.125 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5da',
    500: '#45d9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45d9ca;
$custom-light: #8ce5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45d9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.919,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80468,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45D9CA

secondary

#8E343D

accent

#3F50E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #45D9CA

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

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