#45B5C9#45B5C9

#45B5C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.103 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5C9
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 10%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -25.23, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 31.86, 217.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0881 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.103 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5163, 38.5268, 61.1279)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5C9 #C95945

analogous

#45C99B #45B5C9 #4573C9

triadic

#45B5C9 #C945B5 #B5C945

tetradic

#45B5C9 #9B45C9 #C95945 #73C945

square

#45B5C9 #9B45C9 #C95945 #73C945

split-complementary

#45B5C9 #C94573 #C99B45

monochromatic

#216672 #2F90A2 #45B5C9 #74C8D7 #A4DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#45B5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5C9

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5C9	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.103 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbd9',
    500: '#45b5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5c9;
$custom-light: #88cbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71779,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5C9

secondary

#D1A198

accent

#6049DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5C9

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

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