#45BEC5#45BEC5

#45BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BEC5
RGB	rgb(69, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -30.84, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 33.64, 203.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.099 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.106 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9414, 42.1199, 59.3118)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BEC5 #C54C45

analogous

#45C58C #45BEC5 #457EC5

triadic

#45BEC5 #C545BE #BEC545

tetradic

#45BEC5 #8C45C5 #C54C45 #7EC545

square

#45BEC5 #8C45C5 #C54C45 #7EC545

split-complementary

#45BEC5 #C5457E #C58C45

monochromatic

#22696D #31969C #45BEC5 #74CED4 #A2DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#45BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BEC5

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BEC5	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d6',
    500: '#45bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bec5;
$custom-light: #89d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.281,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73789,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BEC5

secondary

#CF9A97

accent

#544CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BEC5

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

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