#45B9CB#45B9CB

#45B9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9CB
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -26.63, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 32.51, 215.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0913 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.105 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5781, 40.2716, 62.6500)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9CB #CB5745

analogous

#45CB9A #45B9CB #4576CB

triadic

#45B9CB #CB45B9 #B9CB45

tetradic

#45B9CB #9A45CB #CB5745 #76CB45

square

#45B9CB #9A45CB #CB5745 #76CB45

split-complementary

#45B9CB #CB4576 #CB9A45

monochromatic

#216A75 #2E95A5 #45B9CB #75CBD8 #A5DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45B9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#45B9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9CB

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9CB	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ceda',
    500: '#45b9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9cb;
$custom-light: #89ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72812,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9CB

secondary

#D3A199

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9CB

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

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