#45BCD1#45BCD1

#45BCD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCD1
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -26.32, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 33.23, 217.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.092 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.108 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9412, 41.8315, 66.7002)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCD1 #D15A45

analogous

#45D1A0 #45BCD1 #4576D1

triadic

#45BCD1 #D145BC #BCD145

tetradic

#45BCD1 #A045D1 #D15A45 #76D145

square

#45BCD1 #A045D1 #D15A45 #76D145

split-complementary

#45BCD1 #D14576 #D1A045

monochromatic

#1F6F7D #2B9AAE #45BCD1 #76CEDD #A7DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#45BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#45BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCD1

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCD1	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0df',
    500: '#45bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcd1;
$custom-light: #8ad0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73759,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCD1

secondary

#D7A49B

accent

#5C44E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCD1

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

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