#45BACD#45BACD

#45BACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BACD
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -26.53, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 32.75, 215.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0916 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.106 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0279, 40.7874, 63.9833)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BACD #CD5845

analogous

#45CD9C #45BACD #4576CD

triadic

#45BACD #CD45BA #BACD45

tetradic

#45BACD #9C45CD #CD5845 #76CD45

square

#45BACD #9C45CD #CD5845 #76CD45

split-complementary

#45BACD #CD4576 #CD9C45

monochromatic

#206B77 #2D97A8 #45BACD #75CCDA #A5DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#45BACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BACD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BACD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfdc',
    500: '#45bacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bacd;
$custom-light: #89cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.382,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73128,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BACD

secondary

#D4A29A

accent

#5C47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BACD

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

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