#45BCC8#45BCC8

#45BCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCC8
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -29.00, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 33.03, 208.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0957 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.105 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8583, 41.3984, 60.9968)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCC8 #C85145

analogous

#45C892 #45BCC8 #457BC8

triadic

#45BCC8 #C845BC #BCC845

tetradic

#45BCC8 #9245C8 #C85145 #7BC845

square

#45BCC8 #9245C8 #C85145 #7BC845

split-complementary

#45BCC8 #C8457B #C89245

monochromatic

#216A71 #2F96A0 #45BCC8 #74CDD6 #A3DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#45BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#45BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCC8

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCC8	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d8',
    500: '#45bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcc8;
$custom-light: #89d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.496,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73418,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCC8

secondary

#D19D98

accent

#584ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCC8

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

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