#45B6CC#45B6CC

#45B6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6CC
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -24.83, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 32.20, 219.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0879 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.105 213)
XYZ	xyz(30.0767, 39.0774, 63.0726)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6CC #CC5B45

analogous

#45CC9E #45B6CC #4572CC

triadic

#45B6CC #CC45B6 #B6CC45

tetradic

#45B6CC #9E45CC #CC5B45 #72CC45

square

#45B6CC #9E45CC #CC5B45 #72CC45

split-complementary

#45B6CC #CC4572 #CC9E45

monochromatic

#206876 #2E93A6 #45B6CC #75C9D9 #A5DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#45B6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6CC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6CC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccdb',
    500: '#45b6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6cc;
$custom-light: #89ccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.778,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.39081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6CC

secondary

#D3A399

accent

#6048E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6CC

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

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