#45B8CB#45B8CB

#45B8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8CB
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -26.13, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 32.37, 216.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0903 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.105 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3697, 39.8546, 62.5805)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8CB #CB5845

analogous

#45CB9B #45B8CB #4575CB

triadic

#45B8CB #CB45B8 #B8CB45

tetradic

#45B8CB #9B45CB #CB5845 #75CB45

square

#45B8CB #9B45CB #CB5845 #75CB45

split-complementary

#45B8CB #CB4575 #CB9B45

monochromatic

#216975 #2E94A5 #45B8CB #75CAD8 #A5DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45B8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#45B8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8CB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8CB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdda',
    500: '#45b8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8cb;
$custom-light: #89cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.507,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72573,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8CB

secondary

#D3A199

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8CB

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

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