#45A9BC#45A9BC

#45A9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.096 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A9BC
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -23.07, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 29.50, 218.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0808 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.096 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7156, 33.2693, 52.6336)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A9BC #BC5845

analogous

#45BC94 #45A9BC #456DBC

triadic

#45A9BC #BC45A9 #A9BC45

tetradic

#45A9BC #9445BC #BC5845 #6DBC45

square

#45A9BC #9445BC #BC5845 #6DBC45

split-complementary

#45A9BC #BC456D #BC9445

monochromatic

#245963 #348190 #45A9BC #72BECC #9FD3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#45A9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#45A9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A9BC

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A9BC	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.096 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d0',
    500: '#45a9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a9bc;
$custom-light: #86c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.58,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68389,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A9BC

secondary

#C99C94

accent

#6651D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A9BC

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

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