#45BAC4#45BAC4

#45BAC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAC4
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -29.19, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 32.69, 206.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0953 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.104 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9727, 40.3652, 58.4255)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAC4 #C44F45

analogous

#45C48E #45BAC4 #457BC4

triadic

#45BAC4 #C445BA #BAC445

tetradic

#45BAC4 #8E45C4 #C44F45 #7BC445

square

#45BAC4 #8E45C4 #C44F45 #7BC445

split-complementary

#45BAC4 #C4457B #C48E45

monochromatic

#22666C #31929B #45BAC4 #73CBD3 #A2DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#45BAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAC4

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAC4	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfd5',
    500: '#45bac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bac4;
$custom-light: #88cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72789,
    "c": 0.10363,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAC4

secondary

#CE9B97

accent

#584DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAC4

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

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