#45BAC8#45BAC8

#45BAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAC8
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -28.02, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 32.62, 210.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0936 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.104 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4340, 40.5498, 60.8553)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAC8 #C85345

analogous

#45C894 #45BAC8 #4579C8

triadic

#45BAC8 #C845BA #BAC845

tetradic

#45BAC8 #9445C8 #C85345 #79C845

square

#45BAC8 #9445C8 #C85345 #79C845

split-complementary

#45BAC8 #C84579 #C89445

monochromatic

#216971 #2F94A0 #45BAC8 #74CCD6 #A3DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#45BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAC8

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAC8	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfd8',
    500: '#45bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bac8;
$custom-light: #88cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.412,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAC8

secondary

#D19E98

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAC8

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

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