#45B3BE#45B3BE

#45B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3BE
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -27.51, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 31.26, 208.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0905 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.099 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8646, 37.2201, 54.4209)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3BE #BE5045

analogous

#45BE8D #45B3BE #4576BE

triadic

#45B3BE #BE45B3 #B3BE45

tetradic

#45B3BE #8D45BE #BE5045 #76BE45

square

#45B3BE #8D45BE #BE5045 #76BE45

split-complementary

#45B3BE #BE4576 #BE8D45

monochromatic

#235F65 #338A93 #45B3BE #72C6CE #A0D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#45B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#45B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3BE

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3BE	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cad1',
    500: '#45b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3be;
$custom-light: #87cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70879,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3BE

secondary

#CA9995

accent

#5C50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3BE

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

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