#45B3BC#45B3BC

#45B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3BC
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -28.09, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 31.32, 206.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0914 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6476, 37.1333, 53.2776)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3BC #BC4E45

analogous

#45BC8A #45B3BC #4577BC

triadic

#45B3BC #BC45B3 #B3BC45

tetradic

#45B3BC #8A45BC #BC4E45 #77BC45

square

#45B3BC #8A45BC #BC4E45 #77BC45

split-complementary

#45B3BC #BC4577 #BC8A45

monochromatic

#245E63 #348990 #45B3BC #72C5CC #9FD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#45B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#45B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3BC

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3BC	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cad0',
    500: '#45b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3bc;
$custom-light: #87cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.538,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70805,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3BC

secondary

#C99894

accent

#5B51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3BC

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

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