#45B8CE#45B8CE

#45B8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8CE
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -25.23, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 32.56, 219.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0891 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.106 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7306, 39.9990, 64.4816)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8CE #CE5B45

analogous

#45CEA0 #45B8CE #4574CE

triadic

#45B8CE #CE45B8 #B8CE45

tetradic

#45B8CE #A045CE #CE5B45 #74CE45

square

#45B8CE #A045CE #CE5B45 #74CE45

split-complementary

#45B8CE #CE4574 #CEA045

monochromatic

#206A79 #2D95A9 #45B8CE #75CADB #A6DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45B8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#45B8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8CE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8CE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cddd',
    500: '#45b8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8ce;
$custom-light: #89cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8CE

secondary

#D5A49A

accent

#5F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8CE

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

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