#45ABB5#45ABB5

#45ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.094 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABB5
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -26.17, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 29.64, 208.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0858 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.094 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3541, 33.7246, 48.8804)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABB5 #B54F45

analogous

#45B587 #45ABB5 #4573B5

triadic

#45ABB5 #B545AB #ABB545

tetradic

#45ABB5 #8745B5 #B54F45 #73B545

square

#45ABB5 #8745B5 #B54F45 #73B545

split-complementary

#45ABB5 #B54573 #B58745

monochromatic

#23575C #348189 #45ABB5 #6FC0C8 #9BD4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#45ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#45ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABB5

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABB5	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.094 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4cb',
    500: '#45abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abb5;
$custom-light: #85c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68605,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABB5

secondary

#C59591

accent

#5F53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABB5

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

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