#45BCC5#45BCC5

#45BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCC5
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -29.87, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 33.13, 205.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0969 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.105 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5112, 41.2595, 59.1684)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCC5 #C54E45

analogous

#45C58E #45BCC5 #457CC5

triadic

#45BCC5 #C545BC #BCC545

tetradic

#45BCC5 #8E45C5 #C54E45 #7CC545

square

#45BCC5 #8E45C5 #C54E45 #7CC545

split-complementary

#45BCC5 #C5457C #C58E45

monochromatic

#22686D #31959C #45BCC5 #74CDD4 #A2DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#45BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#45BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCC5

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCC5	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)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d6',
    500: '#45bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcc5;
$custom-light: #88d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.219,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73307,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCC5

secondary

#CF9B97

accent

#564CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCC5

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

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