#45BDC8#45BDC8

#45BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDC8
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -29.49, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 33.25, 207.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0967 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.106 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0727, 41.8271, 61.0682)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDC8 #C85045

analogous

#45C891 #45BDC8 #457CC8

triadic

#45BDC8 #C845BD #BDC845

tetradic

#45BDC8 #9145C8 #C85045 #7CC845

square

#45BDC8 #9145C8 #C85045 #7CC845

split-complementary

#45BDC8 #C8457C #C89145

monochromatic

#216A71 #2F97A0 #45BDC8 #74CED6 #A3DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#45BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#45BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDC8

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDC8	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1d8',
    500: '#45bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdc8;
$custom-light: #89d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73658,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDC8

secondary

#D19D98

accent

#564ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDC8

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

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