#45B9CA#45B9CA

#45B9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9CA
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -26.93, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 32.48, 213.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0918 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.105 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4594, 40.2240, 62.0244)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9CA #CA5645

analogous

#45CA98 #45B9CA #4576CA

triadic

#45B9CA #CA45B9 #B9CA45

tetradic

#45B9CA #9845CA #CA5645 #76CA45

square

#45B9CA #9845CA #CA5645 #76CA45

split-complementary

#45B9CA #CA4576 #CA9845

monochromatic

#216974 #2F94A3 #45B9CA #75CBD8 #A4DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45B9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#45B9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9CA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9CA	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ceda',
    500: '#45b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9ca;
$custom-light: #89ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.669,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72774,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9CA

secondary

#D2A099

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9CA

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

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