#45BDC0#45BDC0

#45BDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDC0
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -31.80, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 33.77, 199.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.1001 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.105 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1621, 41.4629, 56.2725)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDC0 #C04845

analogous

#45C085 #45BDC0 #457FC0

triadic

#45BDC0 #C045BD #BDC045

tetradic

#45BDC0 #8545C0 #C04845 #7FC045

square

#45BDC0 #8545C0 #C04845 #7FC045

split-complementary

#45BDC0 #C0457F #C08545

monochromatic

#236668 #339395 #45BDC0 #73CDCF #A0DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#45BDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#45BDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDC0

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDC0	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)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d3',
    500: '#45bdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdc0;
$custom-light: #88d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7337,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDC0

secondary

#CC9795

accent

#524FD9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDC0

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

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