#45B2B8#45B2B8

#45B2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2B8
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -28.76, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 31.27, 203.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.092 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0226, 36.5638, 50.9715)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2B8 #B84B45

analogous

#45B884 #45B2B8 #4579B8

triadic

#45B2B8 #B845B2 #B2B845

tetradic

#45B2B8 #8445B8 #B84B45 #79B845

square

#45B2B8 #8445B8 #B84B45 #79B845

split-complementary

#45B2B8 #B84579 #B88445

monochromatic

#245C5F #34878B #45B2B8 #71C5CA #9DD7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45B2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#45B2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2B8

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2B8	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9cd',
    500: '#45b2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2b8;
$custom-light: #86c9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.13,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70416,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2B8

secondary

#C79592

accent

#5953D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2B8

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

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