#45ABB6#45ABB6

#45ABB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.094 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABB6
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 182)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -25.87, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 29.63, 209.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0854 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.094 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4571, 33.7657, 49.4227)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABB6 #B65045

analogous

#45B689 #45ABB6 #4573B6

triadic

#45ABB6 #B645AB #ABB645

tetradic

#45ABB6 #8945B6 #B65045 #73B645

square

#45ABB6 #8945B6 #B65045 #73B645

split-complementary

#45ABB6 #B64573 #B68945

monochromatic

#23585D #34818A #45ABB6 #70C0C9 #9CD3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#45ABB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#45ABB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABB6

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABB6	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)

#9EA4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.094 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4cb',
    500: '#45abb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abb6;
$custom-light: #85c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.841,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68642,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABB6

secondary

#C69691

accent

#6053D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABB6

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

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