#45ACBC#45ACBC

#45ACBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.096 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACBC
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -24.60, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 29.91, 214.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.084 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.096 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2801, 34.3983, 52.8217)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACBC #BC5545

analogous

#45BC90 #45ACBC #4570BC

triadic

#45ACBC #BC45AC #ACBC45

tetradic

#45ACBC #9045BC #BC5545 #70BC45

square

#45ACBC #9045BC #BC5545 #70BC45

split-complementary

#45ACBC #BC4570 #BC9045

monochromatic

#245A63 #348490 #45ACBC #72C0CC #9FD4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#45ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#45ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACBC

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACBC	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.096 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5d0',
    500: '#45acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acbc;
$custom-light: #86c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69113,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACBC

secondary

#C99B94

accent

#6351D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACBC

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

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