#45BDC5#45BDC5

#45BDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDC5
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -30.36, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 33.38, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0979 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.105 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7255, 41.6882, 59.2398)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDC5 #C54D45

analogous

#45C58D #45BDC5 #457DC5

triadic

#45BDC5 #C545BD #BDC545

tetradic

#45BDC5 #8D45C5 #C54D45 #7DC545

square

#45BDC5 #8D45C5 #C54D45 #7DC545

split-complementary

#45BDC5 #C5457D #C58D45

monochromatic

#22696D #31959C #45BDC5 #74CED4 #A2DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#45BDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#45BDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDC5

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDC5	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)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d6',
    500: '#45bdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdc5;
$custom-light: #88d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73548,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDC5

secondary

#CF9A97

accent

#554CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDC5

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

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