#45BEC9#45BEC9

#45BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BEC9
RGB	rgb(69, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -29.68, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 33.44, 207.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0973 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.106 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4058, 42.3057, 61.7577)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BEC9 #C95045

analogous

#45C992 #45BEC9 #457CC9

triadic

#45BEC9 #C945BE #BEC945

tetradic

#45BEC9 #9245C9 #C95045 #7CC945

square

#45BEC9 #9245C9 #C95045 #7CC945

split-complementary

#45BEC9 #C9457C #C99245

monochromatic

#216C72 #2F98A2 #45BEC9 #74CFD7 #A4DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#45BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#45BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BEC9

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BEC9	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d9',
    500: '#45bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bec9;
$custom-light: #89d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73935,
    "c": 0.10625,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BEC9

secondary

#D19D98

accent

#5649DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BEC9

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

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