#45BDCA#45BDCA

#45BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDCA
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -28.90, -16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 33.21, 209.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0958 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.106 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3079, 41.9212, 62.3073)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDCA #CA5245

analogous

#45CA95 #45BDCA #457ACA

triadic

#45BDCA #CA45BD #BDCA45

tetradic

#45BDCA #9545CA #CA5245 #7ACA45

square

#45BDCA #9545CA #CA5245 #7ACA45

split-complementary

#45BDCA #CA457A #CA9545

monochromatic

#216C74 #2F98A3 #45BDCA #75CED8 #A4DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#45BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#45BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDCA

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDCA	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1da',
    500: '#45bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdca;
$custom-light: #89d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.865,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDCA

secondary

#D29E99

accent

#5849DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDCA

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

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