#45B1BD#45B1BD

#45B1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.098 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1BD
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -26.81, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 30.85, 209.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0888 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.098 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3578, 36.3807, 53.7146)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1BD #BD5145

analogous

#45BD8D #45B1BD #4575BD

triadic

#45B1BD #BD45B1 #B1BD45

tetradic

#45B1BD #8D45BD #BD5145 #75BD45

square

#45B1BD #8D45BD #BD5145 #75BD45

split-complementary

#45B1BD #BD4575 #BD8D45

monochromatic

#245E64 #348891 #45B1BD #72C4CD #9FD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#45B1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#45B1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1BD

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1BD	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.098 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8d0',
    500: '#45b1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1bd;
$custom-light: #87c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70358,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1BD

secondary

#CA9A94

accent

#5E51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1BD

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

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