#45A4B2#45A4B2

#45A4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.091 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4B2
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 178)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -23.51, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 28.21, 213.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0796 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.091 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7623, 31.0280, 46.8476)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4B2 #B25345

analogous

#45B289 #45A4B2 #456DB2

triadic

#45A4B2 #B245A4 #A4B245

tetradic

#45A4B2 #8945B2 #B25345 #6DB245

square

#45A4B2 #8945B2 #B25345 #6DB245

split-complementary

#45A4B2 #B2456D #B28945

monochromatic

#23535A #347B86 #45A4B2 #6EBBC7 #9AD0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#45A4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#45A4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4B2

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4B2	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.091 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfc9',
    500: '#45a4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4b2;
$custom-light: #84bfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.706,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6679,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4B2

secondary

#C4968F

accent

#6454D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4B2

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

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