#45BBC8#45BBC8

#45BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBC8
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -28.51, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 32.82, 209.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0946 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.105 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6454, 40.9726, 60.9258)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBC8 #C85245

analogous

#45C893 #45BBC8 #457AC8

triadic

#45BBC8 #C845BB #BBC845

tetradic

#45BBC8 #9345C8 #C85245 #7AC845

square

#45BBC8 #9345C8 #C85245 #7AC845

split-complementary

#45BBC8 #C8457A #C89345

monochromatic

#216971 #2F95A0 #45BBC8 #74CCD6 #A3DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#45BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBC8

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBC8	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d8',
    500: '#45bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbc8;
$custom-light: #89d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73178,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBC8

secondary

#D19E98

accent

#594ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBC8

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

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