#45B3BB#45B3BB

#45B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3BB
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -28.38, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 31.36, 205.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0918 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5401, 37.0903, 52.7118)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3BB #BB4D45

analogous

#45BB88 #45B3BB #4578BB

triadic

#45B3BB #BB45B3 #B3BB45

tetradic

#45B3BB #8845BB #BB4D45 #78BB45

square

#45B3BB #8845BB #BB4D45 #78BB45

split-complementary

#45B3BB #BB4578 #BB8845

monochromatic

#245E62 #34898F #45B3BB #72C5CB #9FD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#45B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#45B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3BB

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3BB	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cacf',
    500: '#45b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3bb;
$custom-light: #87cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.068,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3BB

secondary

#C89794

accent

#5B52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3BB

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

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