#45B1BB#45B1BB

#45B1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1BB
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -27.40, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 30.88, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0897 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1422, 36.2944, 52.5792)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1BB #BB4F45

analogous

#45BB8A #45B1BB #4576BB

triadic

#45B1BB #BB45B1 #B1BB45

tetradic

#45B1BB #8A45BB #BB4F45 #76BB45

square

#45B1BB #8A45BB #BB4F45 #76BB45

split-complementary

#45B1BB #BB4576 #BB8A45

monochromatic

#245D62 #34878F #45B1BB #72C4CB #9FD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#45B1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#45B1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1BB

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1BB	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c8cf',
    500: '#45b1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1bb;
$custom-light: #86c8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70284,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1BB

secondary

#C89894

accent

#5D52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1BB

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

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