#45BCBE#45BCBE

#45BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCBE
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -31.89, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 33.67, 198.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0999 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.104 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7276, 40.9461, 55.0419)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCBE #BE4745

analogous

#45BE83 #45BCBE #457FBE

triadic

#45BCBE #BE45BC #BCBE45

tetradic

#45BCBE #8345BE #BE4745 #7FBE45

square

#45BCBE #8345BE #BE4745 #7FBE45

split-complementary

#45BCBE #BE457F #BE8345

monochromatic

#236465 #339193 #45BCBE #72CCCE #A0DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#45BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCBE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCBE	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d1',
    500: '#45bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcbe;
$custom-light: #88d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.992,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73057,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCBE

secondary

#CA9595

accent

#5250D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCBE

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

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