#45BBC9#45BBC9

#45BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBC9
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -28.21, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 32.82, 210.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0942 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.105 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7627, 41.0195, 61.5433)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBC9 #C95345

analogous

#45C995 #45BBC9 #4579C9

triadic

#45BBC9 #C945BB #BBC945

tetradic

#45BBC9 #9545C9 #C95345 #79C945

square

#45BBC9 #9545C9 #C95345 #79C945

split-complementary

#45BBC9 #C94579 #C99545

monochromatic

#216A72 #2F96A2 #45BBC9 #74CCD7 #A4DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#45BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBC9

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBC9	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd9',
    500: '#45bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbc9;
$custom-light: #89cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73215,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBC9

secondary

#D19E98

accent

#5949DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBC9

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

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