#45B1BE#45B1BE

#45B1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.099 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1BE
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -26.51, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 30.84, 210.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0884 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.099 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4667, 36.4242, 54.2883)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1BE #BE5245

analogous

#45BE8E #45B1BE #4574BE

triadic

#45B1BE #BE45B1 #B1BE45

tetradic

#45B1BE #8E45BE #BE5245 #74BE45

square

#45B1BE #8E45BE #BE5245 #74BE45

split-complementary

#45B1BE #BE4574 #BE8E45

monochromatic

#235E65 #338893 #45B1BE #72C4CE #A0D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45B1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#45B1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1BE

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1BE	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.099 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8d1',
    500: '#45b1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1be;
$custom-light: #87c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.446,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70396,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1BE

secondary

#CA9A95

accent

#5F50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1BE

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

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