#45B6CA#45B6CA

#45B6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6CA
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -25.43, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 32.05, 217.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0887 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.104 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8384, 38.9821, 61.8174)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6CA #CA5945

analogous

#45CA9C #45B6CA #4573CA

triadic

#45B6CA #CA45B6 #B6CA45

tetradic

#45B6CA #9C45CA #CA5945 #73CA45

square

#45B6CA #9C45CA #CA5945 #73CA45

split-complementary

#45B6CA #CA4573 #CA9C45

monochromatic

#216774 #2F92A3 #45B6CA #75C9D8 #A4DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#45B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6CA

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6CA	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ccda',
    500: '#45b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6ca;
$custom-light: #88ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.023,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72057,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6CA

secondary

#D2A199

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6CA

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

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