#45B4C9#45B4C9

#45B4C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4C9
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 201)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -24.73, -19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 31.75, 218.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.087 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.103 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3137, 38.1216, 61.0603)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4C9 #C95A45

analogous

#45C99C #45B4C9 #4572C9

triadic

#45B4C9 #C945B4 #B4C945

tetradic

#45B4C9 #9C45C9 #C95A45 #72C945

square

#45B4C9 #9C45C9 #C95A45 #72C945

split-complementary

#45B4C9 #C94572 #C99C45

monochromatic

#216572 #2F90A2 #45B4C9 #74C7D7 #A4DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#45B4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#45B4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4C9

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4C9	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad9',
    500: '#45b4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4c9;
$custom-light: #88cad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4C9

secondary

#D1A198

accent

#6149DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4C9

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

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