#45B3C8#45B3C8

#45B3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3C8
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -24.53, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 31.56, 219.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0864 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.103 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9953, 37.6724, 60.3758)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3C8 #C85A45

analogous

#45C89B #45B3C8 #4572C8

triadic

#45B3C8 #C845B3 #B3C845

tetradic

#45B3C8 #9B45C8 #C85A45 #72C845

square

#45B3C8 #9B45C8 #C85A45 #72C845

split-complementary

#45B3C8 #C84572 #C89B45

monochromatic

#216471 #2F8EA0 #45B3C8 #74C6D6 #A3DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#45B3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#45B3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3C8

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3C8	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad8',
    500: '#45b3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3c8;
$custom-light: #88cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.618,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3C8

secondary

#D1A198

accent

#624ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3C8

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

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