#45B6C3#45B6C3

#45B6C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.102 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6C3
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 195)
HSL	hsl(186, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -27.52, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 31.84, 210.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0916 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.102 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0283, 38.6581, 57.5511)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6C3 #C35245

analogous

#45C391 #45B6C3 #4577C3

triadic

#45B6C3 #C345B6 #B6C345

tetradic

#45B6C3 #9145C3 #C35245 #77C345

square

#45B6C3 #9145C3 #C35245 #77C345

split-complementary

#45B6C3 #C34577 #C39145

monochromatic

#23646B #318F99 #45B6C3 #73C8D2 #A2DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#45B6C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#45B6C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6C3

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6C3	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#A8AFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.102 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ccd5',
    500: '#45b6c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6c3;
$custom-light: #88ccd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.19,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71789,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6C3

secondary

#CE9C96

accent

#5C4DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6C3

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

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