#45ABB9#45ABB9

#45ABB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.095 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABB9
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -24.99, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 29.65, 212.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0842 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.095 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7704, 33.8911, 51.0730)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABB9 #B95345

analogous

#45B98D #45ABB9 #4571B9

triadic

#45ABB9 #B945AB #ABB945

tetradic

#45ABB9 #8D45B9 #B95345 #71B945

square

#45ABB9 #8D45B9 #B95345 #71B945

split-complementary

#45ABB9 #B94571 #B98D45

monochromatic

#245960 #34828C #45ABB9 #71BFCA #9ED3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#45ABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#45ABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABB9

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABB9	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.095 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4ce',
    500: '#45abb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abb9;
$custom-light: #86c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.241,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68756,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABB9

secondary

#C79993

accent

#6252D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABB9

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

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