#45BCC9#45BCC9

#45BCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCC9
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -28.70, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 33.02, 209.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0952 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.105 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9756, 41.4453, 61.6143)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCC9 #C95245

analogous

#45C994 #45BCC9 #457AC9

triadic

#45BCC9 #C945BC #BCC945

tetradic

#45BCC9 #9445C9 #C95245 #7AC945

square

#45BCC9 #9445C9 #C95245 #7AC945

split-complementary

#45BCC9 #C9457A #C99445

monochromatic

#216A72 #2F97A2 #45BCC9 #74CDD7 #A4DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#45BCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#45BCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCC9

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCC9	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d9',
    500: '#45bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcc9;
$custom-light: #89d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73455,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCC9

secondary

#D19E98

accent

#5849DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCC9

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

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