#45BCD0#45BCD0

#45BCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCD0
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -26.62, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 33.17, 216.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0924 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.108 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8178, 41.7822, 66.0502)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCD0 #D05945

analogous

#45D09F #45BCD0 #4577D0

triadic

#45BCD0 #D045BC #BCD045

tetradic

#45BCD0 #9F45D0 #D05945 #77D045

square

#45BCD0 #9F45D0 #D05945 #77D045

split-complementary

#45BCD0 #D04577 #D09F45

monochromatic

#1F6E7B #2C9AAC #45BCD0 #76CEDC #A7DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#45BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#45BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCD0

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCD0	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0de',
    500: '#45bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcd0;
$custom-light: #89d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.633,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73721,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCD0

secondary

#D6A39B

accent

#5C45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCD0

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

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