#45B5C8#45B5C8

#45B5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5C8
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -25.53, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 31.80, 216.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0885 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.103 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3991, 38.4799, 60.5104)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5C8 #C85845

analogous

#45C899 #45B5C8 #4574C8

triadic

#45B5C8 #C845B5 #B5C845

tetradic

#45B5C8 #9945C8 #C85845 #74C845

square

#45B5C8 #9945C8 #C85845 #74C845

split-complementary

#45B5C8 #C84574 #C89945

monochromatic

#216671 #2F90A0 #45B5C8 #74C8D6 #A3DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#45B5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5C8

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5C8	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbd8',
    500: '#45b5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5c8;
$custom-light: #88cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.702,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7174,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5C8

secondary

#D1A098

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5C8

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

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