#45ACB8#45ACB8

#45ACB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.095 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACB8
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 184)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -25.79, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 29.83, 210.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0856 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.095 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8549, 34.2282, 50.5822)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACB8 #B85145

analogous

#45B88B #45ACB8 #4572B8

triadic

#45ACB8 #B845AC #ACB845

tetradic

#45ACB8 #8B45B8 #B85145 #72B845

square

#45ACB8 #8B45B8 #B85145 #72B845

split-complementary

#45ACB8 #B84572 #B88B45

monochromatic

#24595F #34828B #45ACB8 #71C0CA #9DD4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#45ACB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#45ACB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACB8

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACB8	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.095 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5cd',
    500: '#45acb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acb8;
$custom-light: #86c5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.261,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6896,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACB8

secondary

#C79892

accent

#6053D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACB8

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

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