#45B7C9#45B7C9

#45B7C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7C9
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -26.23, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 32.13, 215.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0901 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.104 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9259, 39.3459, 61.2644)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7C9 #C95745

analogous

#45C999 #45B7C9 #4575C9

triadic

#45B7C9 #C945B7 #B7C945

tetradic

#45B7C9 #9945C9 #C95745 #75C945

square

#45B7C9 #9945C9 #C95745 #75C945

split-complementary

#45B7C9 #C94575 #C99945

monochromatic

#216772 #2F92A2 #45B7C9 #74C9D7 #A4DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45B7C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#45B7C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7C9

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7C9	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdd9',
    500: '#45b7c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7c9;
$custom-light: #88cdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7C9

secondary

#D1A098

accent

#5E49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7C9

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

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