#45B4B8#45B4B8

#45B4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4B8
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -29.74, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 31.84, 200.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0941 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.099 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4235, 37.3655, 51.1051)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4B8 #B84945

analogous

#45B883 #45B4B8 #457BB8

triadic

#45B4B8 #B845B4 #B4B845

tetradic

#45B4B8 #8345B8 #B84945 #7BB845

square

#45B4B8 #8345B8 #B84945 #7BB845

split-complementary

#45B4B8 #B8457B #B88345

monochromatic

#245D5F #34888B #45B4B8 #71C7CA #9DD8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#45B4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4B8

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4B8	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbcd',
    500: '#45b4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4b8;
$custom-light: #86cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.087,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70903,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4B8

secondary

#C79492

accent

#5753D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4B8

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

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