#45B9CD#45B9CD

#45B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9CD
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -26.03, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 32.61, 217.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0905 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.106 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8180, 40.3675, 63.9133)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9CD #CD5945

analogous

#45CD9D #45B9CD #4575CD

triadic

#45B9CD #CD45B9 #B9CD45

tetradic

#45B9CD #9D45CD #CD5945 #75CD45

square

#45B9CD #9D45CD #CD5945 #75CD45

split-complementary

#45B9CD #CD4575 #CD9D45

monochromatic

#206B77 #2D96A8 #45B9CD #75CBDA #A5DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#45B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9CD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9CD	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cedc',
    500: '#45b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9cd;
$custom-light: #89cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7289,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9CD

secondary

#D4A29A

accent

#5E47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9CD

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

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