#45B9CC#45B9CC

#45B9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9CC
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -26.33, -19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 32.56, 216.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0909 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.105 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6977, 40.3194, 63.2796)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9CC #CC5845

analogous

#45CC9B #45B9CC #4575CC

triadic

#45B9CC #CC45B9 #B9CC45

tetradic

#45B9CC #9B45CC #CC5845 #75CC45

square

#45B9CC #9B45CC #CC5845 #75CC45

split-complementary

#45B9CC #CC4575 #CC9B45

monochromatic

#206A76 #2E95A6 #45B9CC #75CBD9 #A5DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45B9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#45B9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9CC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9CC	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)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cedb',
    500: '#45b9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9cc;
$custom-light: #89cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.444,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9CC

secondary

#D3A299

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9CC

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

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