#45B3BA#45B3BA

#45B3BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3BA
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 186)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -28.67, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 31.42, 204.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0922 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4335, 37.0476, 52.1500)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3BA #BA4C45

analogous

#45BA87 #45B3BA #4578BA

triadic

#45B3BA #BA45B3 #B3BA45

tetradic

#45B3BA #8745BA #BA4C45 #78BA45

square

#45B3BA #8745BA #BA4C45 #78BA45

split-complementary

#45B3BA #BA4578 #BA8745

monochromatic

#245D61 #34888D #45B3BA #72C5CB #9ED7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#45B3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#45B3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3BA

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3BA	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cace',
    500: '#45b3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3ba;
$custom-light: #86cace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70732,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3BA

secondary

#C89693

accent

#5A52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3BA

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

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