#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
RGBrgb(69, 184, 203)
HSLhsl(189, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.37, -26.13, -19.10)
CIE-LCHlch(69.37, 32.37, 216.17°)
OKLaboklab(72.57% -0.0903 -0.0531)
OKLCHoklch(72.57% 0.105 210.4)
XYZxyz(30.3697, 39.8546, 62.5805)
Luminance0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##45B8CB1.002.348.978.97
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9721.001.001.00
##0000008.9721.001.001.00

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

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#45B8CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva