#45B2B9#45B2B9

#45B2B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.098 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2B9
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 185)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -28.47, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 31.21, 204.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0916 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.098 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1278, 36.6059, 51.5255)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2B9 #B94C45

analogous

#45B986 #45B2B9 #4578B9

triadic

#45B2B9 #B945B2 #B2B945

tetradic

#45B2B9 #8645B9 #B94C45 #78B945

square

#45B2B9 #8645B9 #B94C45 #78B945

split-complementary

#45B2B9 #B94578 #B98645

monochromatic

#245C60 #34878C #45B2B9 #71C5CA #9ED7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#45B2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#45B2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2B9

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2B9	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.098 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9ce',
    500: '#45b2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2b9;
$custom-light: #86c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.621,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70453,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2B9

secondary

#C79693

accent

#5A52D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2B9

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

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