#45B7CD#45B7CD

#45B7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7CD
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -25.03, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 32.38, 219.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0885 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.105 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4026, 39.5366, 63.7748)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7CD #CD5B45

analogous

#45CD9F #45B7CD #4573CD

triadic

#45B7CD #CD45B7 #B7CD45

tetradic

#45B7CD #9F45CD #CD5B45 #73CD45

square

#45B7CD #9F45CD #CD5B45 #73CD45

split-complementary

#45B7CD #CD4573 #CD9F45

monochromatic

#206977 #2D94A8 #45B7CD #75CADA #A5DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#45B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#45B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7CD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7CD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cddc',
    500: '#45b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7cd;
$custom-light: #89cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.706,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72413,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7CD

secondary

#D4A39A

accent

#6047E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7CD

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

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