#45BEC8#45BEC8

#45BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BEC8
RGB	rgb(69, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -29.97, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 33.48, 206.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0977 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.106 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2885, 42.2588, 61.1402)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BEC8 #C84F45

analogous

#45C890 #45BEC8 #457DC8

triadic

#45BEC8 #C845BE #BEC845

tetradic

#45BEC8 #9045C8 #C84F45 #7DC845

square

#45BEC8 #9045C8 #C84F45 #7DC845

split-complementary

#45BEC8 #C8457D #C89045

monochromatic

#216B71 #2F98A0 #45BEC8 #74CFD6 #A3DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#45BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#45BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BEC8

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BEC8	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d8',
    500: '#45bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bec8;
$custom-light: #89d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.58,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73898,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BEC8

secondary

#D19C98

accent

#554ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BEC8

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

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