#45B3BF#45B3BF

#45B3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.100 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3BF
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -27.21, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 31.25, 209.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0901 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.1 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9743, 37.2640, 54.9985)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3BF #BF5145

analogous

#45BF8E #45B3BF #4576BF

triadic

#45B3BF #BF45B3 #B3BF45

tetradic

#45B3BF #8E45BF #BF5145 #76BF45

square

#45B3BF #8E45BF #BF5145 #76BF45

split-complementary

#45B3BF #BF4576 #BF8E45

monochromatic

#236066 #338A94 #45B3BF #73C6CF #A0D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#45B3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3BF

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3BF	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.100 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cad2',
    500: '#45b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3bf;
$custom-light: #87cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3BF

secondary

#CB9A95

accent

#5D4FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3BF

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

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