#45B9CF#45B9CF

#45B9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9CF
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -25.42, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 32.75, 219.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0897 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.107 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0610, 40.4647, 65.1929)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9CF #CF5B45

analogous

#45CFA0 #45B9CF #4574CF

triadic

#45B9CF #CF45B9 #B9CF45

tetradic

#45B9CF #A045CF #CF5B45 #74CF45

square

#45B9CF #A045CF #CF5B45 #74CF45

split-complementary

#45B9CF #CF4574 #CFA045

monochromatic

#206C7A #2C97AB #45B9CF #76CBDC #A6DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45B9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#45B9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9CF

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9CF	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cedd',
    500: '#45b9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9cf;
$custom-light: #89cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.565,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9CF

secondary

#D5A49B

accent

#5F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9CF

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

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