#45B2BE#45B2BE

#45B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2BE
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -27.01, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 31.05, 209.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0895 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.099 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6650, 36.8207, 54.3543)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2BE #BE5145

analogous

#45BE8D #45B2BE #4575BE

triadic

#45B2BE #BE45B2 #B2BE45

tetradic

#45B2BE #8D45BE #BE5145 #75BE45

square

#45B2BE #8D45BE #BE5145 #75BE45

split-complementary

#45B2BE #BE4575 #BE8D45

monochromatic

#235F65 #338993 #45B2BE #72C5CE #A0D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#45B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#45B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2BE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2BE	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)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9d1',
    500: '#45b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2be;
$custom-light: #87c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70637,
    "c": 0.09902,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2BE

secondary

#CA9A95

accent

#5D50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2BE

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

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