#45BCC4#45BCC4

#45BCC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCC4
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -30.16, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 33.18, 204.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0973 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.105 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3970, 41.2138, 58.5669)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCC4 #C44D45

analogous

#45C48D #45BCC4 #457CC4

triadic

#45BCC4 #C445BC #BCC445

tetradic

#45BCC4 #8D45C4 #C44D45 #7CC445

square

#45BCC4 #8D45C4 #C44D45 #7CC445

split-complementary

#45BCC4 #C4457C #C48D45

monochromatic

#22686C #31949B #45BCC4 #73CDD3 #A2DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#45BCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#45BCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCC4

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCC4	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d5',
    500: '#45bcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcc4;
$custom-light: #88d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.78,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73271,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCC4

secondary

#CE9A97

accent

#564DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCC4

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

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