#45B7CA#45B7CA

#45B7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7CA
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -25.93, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 32.18, 216.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0897 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.104 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0439, 39.3931, 61.8859)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7CA #CA5845

analogous

#45CA9A #45B7CA #4575CA

triadic

#45B7CA #CA45B7 #B7CA45

tetradic

#45B7CA #9A45CA #CA5845 #75CA45

square

#45B7CA #9A45CA #CA5845 #75CA45

split-complementary

#45B7CA #CA4575 #CA9A45

monochromatic

#216874 #2F93A3 #45B7CA #75C9D8 #A4DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45B7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#45B7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7CA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7CA	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdda',
    500: '#45b7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7ca;
$custom-light: #88cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72296,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7CA

secondary

#D2A199

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7CA

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

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