#45B7CB#45B7CB

#45B7CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7CB
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -25.63, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 32.24, 217.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0893 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.105 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1627, 39.4407, 62.5115)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7CB #CB5945

analogous

#45CB9C #45B7CB #4574CB

triadic

#45B7CB #CB45B7 #B7CB45

tetradic

#45B7CB #9C45CB #CB5945 #74CB45

square

#45B7CB #9C45CB #CB5945 #74CB45

split-complementary

#45B7CB #CB4574 #CB9C45

monochromatic

#216875 #2E93A5 #45B7CB #75CAD8 #A5DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#45B7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#45B7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7CB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7CB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdda',
    500: '#45b7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7cb;
$custom-light: #88cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7CB

secondary

#D3A299

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7CB

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

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