#45B6CB#45B6CB

#45B6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6CB
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -25.13, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 32.12, 218.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0883 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.104 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9572, 39.0296, 62.4430)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6CB #CB5A45

analogous

#45CB9D #45B6CB #4573CB

triadic

#45B6CB #CB45B6 #B6CB45

tetradic

#45B6CB #9D45CB #CB5A45 #73CB45

square

#45B6CB #9D45CB #CB5A45 #73CB45

split-complementary

#45B6CB #CB4573 #CB9D45

monochromatic

#216875 #2E92A5 #45B6CB #75C9D8 #A5DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#45B6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6CB

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6CB	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ccda',
    500: '#45b6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6cb;
$custom-light: #88ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.403,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6CB

secondary

#D3A299

accent

#6048E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6CB

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

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