#45BCC0#45BCC0

#45BCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCC0
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -31.32, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 33.47, 200.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.099 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.104 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9477, 41.0341, 56.2010)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCC0 #C04945

analogous

#45C086 #45BCC0 #457EC0

triadic

#45BCC0 #C045BC #BCC045

tetradic

#45BCC0 #8645C0 #C04945 #7EC045

square

#45BCC0 #8645C0 #C04945 #7EC045

split-complementary

#45BCC0 #C0457E #C08645

monochromatic

#236568 #339295 #45BCC0 #73CCCF #A0DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45BCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#45BCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCC0

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCC0	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d3',
    500: '#45bcc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcc0;
$custom-light: #88d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.951,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73128,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCC0

secondary

#CC9795

accent

#534FD9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCC0

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

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