#45B8CA#45B8CA

#45B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8CA
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -26.43, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 32.32, 215.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0907 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.104 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2509, 39.8071, 61.9549)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8CA #CA5745

analogous

#45CA99 #45B8CA #4575CA

triadic

#45B8CA #CA45B8 #B8CA45

tetradic

#45B8CA #9945CA #CA5745 #75CA45

square

#45B8CA #9945CA #CA5745 #75CA45

split-complementary

#45B8CA #CA4575 #CA9945

monochromatic

#216874 #2F93A3 #45B8CA #75CAD8 #A4DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#45B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8CA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8CA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdda',
    500: '#45b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8ca;
$custom-light: #88cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.12,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72535,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8CA

secondary

#D2A099

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8CA

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

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