#45AFBE#45AFBE

#45AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.098 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFBE
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -25.51, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 30.47, 213.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0863 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.098 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0746, 35.6400, 54.1575)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFBE #BE5445

analogous

#45BE90 #45AFBE #4572BE

triadic

#45AFBE #BE45AF #AFBE45

tetradic

#45AFBE #9045BE #BE5445 #72BE45

square

#45AFBE #9045BE #BE5445 #72BE45

split-complementary

#45AFBE #BE4572 #BE9045

monochromatic

#235D65 #338793 #45AFBE #72C3CE #A0D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#45AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#45AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFBE

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFBE	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.098 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7d1',
    500: '#45afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afbe;
$custom-light: #86c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69913,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFBE

secondary

#CA9B95

accent

#6150D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFBE

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

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