#45B4C8#45B4C8

#45B4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4C8
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -25.03, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 31.68, 217.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0874 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.103 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1965, 38.0747, 60.4428)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4C8 #C85945

analogous

#45C89A #45B4C8 #4573C8

triadic

#45B4C8 #C845B4 #B4C845

tetradic

#45B4C8 #9A45C8 #C85945 #73C845

square

#45B4C8 #9A45C8 #C85945 #73C845

split-complementary

#45B4C8 #C84573 #C89A45

monochromatic

#216571 #2F8FA0 #45B4C8 #74C7D6 #A3DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#45B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4C8

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4C8	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad8',
    500: '#45b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4c8;
$custom-light: #88cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.16,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71501,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4C8

secondary

#D1A198

accent

#614ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4C8

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

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