#45BFC9#45BFC9

#45BFC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BFC9
RGB	rgb(69, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -30.17, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 33.68, 206.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0983 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.107 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6231, 42.7403, 61.8301)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BFC9 #C94F45

analogous

#45C991 #45BFC9 #457DC9

triadic

#45BFC9 #C945BF #BFC945

tetradic

#45BFC9 #9145C9 #C94F45 #7DC945

square

#45BFC9 #9145C9 #C94F45 #7DC945

split-complementary

#45BFC9 #C9457D #C99145

monochromatic

#216C72 #2F99A2 #45BFC9 #74CFD7 #A4E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#45BFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#45BFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BFC9

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BFC9	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d9',
    500: '#45bfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bfc9;
$custom-light: #89d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BFC9

secondary

#D19D98

accent

#5549DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BFC9

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

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