#45BCCE#45BCCE

#45BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCCE
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -27.22, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 33.08, 214.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0932 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.107 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5733, 41.6844, 64.7625)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCCE #CE5745

analogous

#45CE9C #45BCCE #4578CE

triadic

#45BCCE #CE45BC #BCCE45

tetradic

#45BCCE #9C45CE #CE5745 #78CE45

square

#45BCCE #9C45CE #CE5745 #78CE45

split-complementary

#45BCCE #CE4578 #CE9C45

monochromatic

#206D79 #2D99A9 #45BCCE #75CDDB #A6DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#45BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#45BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCCE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCCE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0dd',
    500: '#45bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcce;
$custom-light: #89d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.883,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73644,
    "c": 0.10681,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCCE

secondary

#D5A29A

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCCE

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

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