#45A8BB#45A8BB

#45A8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.095 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8BB
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -22.86, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 29.30, 218.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0801 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.095 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4228, 32.8556, 52.0060)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8BB #BB5845

analogous

#45BB93 #45A8BB #456DBB

triadic

#45A8BB #BB45A8 #A8BB45

tetradic

#45A8BB #9345BB #BB5845 #6DBB45

square

#45A8BB #9345BB #BB5845 #6DBB45

split-complementary

#45A8BB #BB456D #BB9345

monochromatic

#245862 #34808F #45A8BB #72BDCB #9FD2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#45A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#45A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8BB

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8BB	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.095 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2cf',
    500: '#45a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8bb;
$custom-light: #86c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.661,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68109,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8BB

secondary

#C89C94

accent

#6752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8BB

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

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