#45B5CB#45B5CB

#45B5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5CB
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -24.63, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 32.01, 219.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0873 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.104 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7531, 38.6215, 62.3750)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5CB #CB5B45

analogous

#45CB9E #45B5CB #4572CB

triadic

#45B5CB #CB45B5 #B5CB45

tetradic

#45B5CB #9E45CB #CB5B45 #72CB45

square

#45B5CB #9E45CB #CB5B45 #72CB45

split-complementary

#45B5CB #CB4572 #CB9E45

monochromatic

#216775 #2E91A5 #45B5CB #75C8D8 #A5DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#45B5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5CB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5CB	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbda',
    500: '#45b5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5cb;
$custom-light: #88cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71857,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5CB

secondary

#D3A399

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5CB

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

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