#45BDCC#45BDCC

#45BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDCC
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -28.31, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 33.20, 211.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.095 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.107 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5463, 42.0165, 63.5625)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDCC #CC5445

analogous

#45CC97 #45BDCC #4579CC

triadic

#45BDCC #CC45BD #BDCC45

tetradic

#45BDCC #9745CC #CC5445 #79CC45

square

#45BDCC #9745CC #CC5445 #79CC45

split-complementary

#45BDCC #CC4579 #CC9745

monochromatic

#206D76 #2E99A6 #45BDCC #75CED9 #A5DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#45BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDCC

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDCC	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1db',
    500: '#45bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdcc;
$custom-light: #89d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73807,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDCC

secondary

#D3A099

accent

#5948E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDCC

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

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