#45BDC4#45BDC4

#45BDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDC4
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -30.65, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 33.44, 203.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0984 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.105 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6113, 41.6425, 58.6384)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDC4 #C44C45

analogous

#45C48C #45BDC4 #457EC4

triadic

#45BDC4 #C445BD #BDC445

tetradic

#45BDC4 #8C45C4 #C44C45 #7EC445

square

#45BDC4 #8C45C4 #C44C45 #7EC445

split-complementary

#45BDC4 #C4457E #C48C45

monochromatic

#22686C #31959B #45BDC4 #73CDD3 #A2DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#45BDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#45BDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDC4

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDC4	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)

#B0B5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d5',
    500: '#45bdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdc4;
$custom-light: #88d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.307,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDC4

secondary

#CE9A97

accent

#544DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDC4

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

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