#45B2BC#45B2BC

#45B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2BC
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -27.60, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 31.08, 207.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0903 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4479, 36.7339, 53.2110)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2BC #BC4F45

analogous

#45BC8A #45B2BC #4576BC

triadic

#45B2BC #BC45B2 #B2BC45

tetradic

#45B2BC #8A45BC #BC4F45 #76BC45

square

#45B2BC #8A45BC #BC4F45 #76BC45

split-complementary

#45B2BC #BC4576 #BC8A45

monochromatic

#245E63 #348890 #45B2BC #72C5CC #9FD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#45B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#45B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2BC

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2BC	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9d0',
    500: '#45b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2bc;
$custom-light: #87c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70563,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2BC

secondary

#C99894

accent

#5C51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2BC

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

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