#45B9CE#45B9CE

#45B9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9CE
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -25.73, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 32.67, 218.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0901 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.106 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9391, 40.4159, 64.5511)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9CE #CE5A45

analogous

#45CE9F #45B9CE #4575CE

triadic

#45B9CE #CE45B9 #B9CE45

tetradic

#45B9CE #9F45CE #CE5A45 #75CE45

square

#45B9CE #9F45CE #CE5A45 #75CE45

split-complementary

#45B9CE #CE4575 #CE9F45

monochromatic

#206B79 #2D96A9 #45B9CE #75CBDB #A6DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45B9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#45B9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9CE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9CE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cedd',
    500: '#45b9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9ce;
$custom-light: #89cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.197,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72928,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9CE

secondary

#D5A39A

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9CE

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

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