#45B2BD#45B2BD

#45B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2BD
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -27.31, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 31.06, 208.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0899 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.099 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5560, 36.7772, 53.7807)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2BD #BD5045

analogous

#45BD8C #45B2BD #4576BD

triadic

#45B2BD #BD45B2 #B2BD45

tetradic

#45B2BD #8C45BD #BD5045 #76BD45

square

#45B2BD #8C45BD #BD5045 #76BD45

split-complementary

#45B2BD #BD4576 #BD8C45

monochromatic

#245E64 #348991 #45B2BD #72C5CD #9FD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#45B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#45B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2BD

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2BD	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9d0',
    500: '#45b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2bd;
$custom-light: #87c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.706,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2BD

secondary

#CA9994

accent

#5D51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2BD

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

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