#45AEBE#45AEBE

#45AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.098 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEBE
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -25.01, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 30.31, 214.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0853 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.098 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8807, 35.2521, 54.0929)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEBE #BE5545

analogous

#45BE91 #45AEBE #4571BE

triadic

#45AEBE #BE45AE #AEBE45

tetradic

#45AEBE #9145BE #BE5545 #71BE45

square

#45AEBE #9145BE #BE5545 #71BE45

split-complementary

#45AEBE #BE4571 #BE9145

monochromatic

#235D65 #338693 #45AEBE #72C2CE #A0D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#45AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#45AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEBE

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEBE	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.098 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6d1',
    500: '#45aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aebe;
$custom-light: #86c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.934,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69672,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEBE

secondary

#CA9C95

accent

#6250D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEBE

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

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