#45BAC5#45BAC5

#45BAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAC5
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -28.90, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 32.66, 207.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0948 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.104 204)
XYZ	xyz(30.0869, 40.4109, 59.0270)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAC5 #C55045

analogous

#45C590 #45BAC5 #457AC5

triadic

#45BAC5 #C545BA #BAC545

tetradic

#45BAC5 #9045C5 #C55045 #7AC545

square

#45BAC5 #9045C5 #C55045 #7AC545

split-complementary

#45BAC5 #C5457A #C59045

monochromatic

#22676D #31939C #45BAC5 #74CBD4 #A2DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#45BAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAC5

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAC5	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfd6',
    500: '#45bac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bac5;
$custom-light: #88cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.40414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAC5

secondary

#CF9C97

accent

#584CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAC5

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

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