#45BDCB#45BDCB

#45BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDCB
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -28.60, -16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 33.20, 210.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0954 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.106 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4267, 41.9687, 62.9328)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDCB #CB5345

analogous

#45CB96 #45BDCB #457ACB

triadic

#45BDCB #CB45BD #BDCB45

tetradic

#45BDCB #9645CB #CB5345 #7ACB45

square

#45BDCB #9645CB #CB5345 #7ACB45

split-complementary

#45BDCB #CB457A #CB9645

monochromatic

#216C75 #2E98A5 #45BDCB #75CED8 #A5DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#45BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#45BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDCB

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 206.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73769,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDCB

secondary

#D39F99

accent

#5848E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDCB

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

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