#45BCCD#45BCCD

#45BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCCD
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -27.52, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 33.05, 213.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0936 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.107 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4522, 41.6359, 64.1247)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCCD #CD5645

analogous

#45CD9A #45BCCD #4578CD

triadic

#45BCCD #CD45BC #BCCD45

tetradic

#45BCCD #9A45CD #CD5645 #78CD45

square

#45BCCD #9A45CD #CD5645 #78CD45

split-complementary

#45BCCD #CD4578 #CD9A45

monochromatic

#206D77 #2D98A8 #45BCCD #75CDDA #A5DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#45BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#45BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCCD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCCD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0dc',
    500: '#45bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bccd;
$custom-light: #89d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCCD

secondary

#D4A19A

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCCD

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

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