#45BCC3#45BCC3

#45BCC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.104 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCC3
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 195)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -30.45, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 33.24, 203.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0977 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.104 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2835, 41.1684, 57.9695)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCC3 #C34C45

analogous

#45C38B #45BCC3 #457DC3

triadic

#45BCC3 #C345BC #BCC345

tetradic

#45BCC3 #8B45C3 #C34C45 #7DC345

square

#45BCC3 #8B45C3 #C34C45 #7DC345

split-complementary

#45BCC3 #C3457D #C38B45

monochromatic

#23676B #319499 #45BCC3 #73CDD2 #A2DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#45BCC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#45BCC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCC3

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCC3	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.104 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d5',
    500: '#45bcc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcc3;
$custom-light: #88d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73235,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCC3

secondary

#CE9996

accent

#554DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCC3

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

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