#45B1BC#45B1BC

#45B1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1BC
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -27.10, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 30.86, 208.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0892 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.098 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2496, 36.3374, 53.1449)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1BC #BC5045

analogous

#45BC8B #45B1BC #4575BC

triadic

#45B1BC #BC45B1 #B1BC45

tetradic

#45B1BC #8B45BC #BC5045 #75BC45

square

#45B1BC #8B45BC #BC5045 #75BC45

split-complementary

#45B1BC #BC4575 #BC8B45

monochromatic

#245D63 #348790 #45B1BC #72C4CC #9FD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#45B1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#45B1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1BC

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1BC	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c8d0',
    500: '#45b1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1bc;
$custom-light: #86c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.546,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70321,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1BC

secondary

#C99994

accent

#5D51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1BC

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

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