#45BDCD#45BDCD

#45BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDCD
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -28.01, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 33.22, 212.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0946 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.107 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6666, 42.0647, 64.1962)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDCD #CD5545

analogous

#45CD99 #45BDCD #4579CD

triadic

#45BDCD #CD45BD #BDCD45

tetradic

#45BDCD #9945CD #CD5545 #79CD45

square

#45BDCD #9945CD #CD5545 #79CD45

split-complementary

#45BDCD #CD4579 #CD9945

monochromatic

#206D77 #2D99A8 #45BDCD #75CEDA #A5DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#45BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDCD

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDCD	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1dc',
    500: '#45bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdcd;
$custom-light: #89d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDCD

secondary

#D4A19A

accent

#5947E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDCD

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

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