#45BBCE#45BBCE

#45BBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBCE
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -26.72, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 32.93, 215.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0922 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.107 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3604, 41.2586, 64.6915)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBCE #CE5845

analogous

#45CE9D #45BBCE #4577CE

triadic

#45BBCE #CE45BB #BBCE45

tetradic

#45BBCE #9D45CE #CE5845 #77CE45

square

#45BBCE #9D45CE #CE5845 #77CE45

split-complementary

#45BBCE #CE4577 #CE9D45

monochromatic

#206C79 #2D98A9 #45BBCE #75CDDB #A6DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#45BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#45BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBCE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBCE	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfdd',
    500: '#45bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbce;
$custom-light: #89cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.321,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73405,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBCE

secondary

#D5A29A

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBCE

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

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