#45B4BA#45B4BA

#45B4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.099 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4BA
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -29.16, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 31.68, 203.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0933 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.099 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6346, 37.4499, 52.2170)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4BA #BA4B45

analogous

#45BA86 #45B4BA #4579BA

triadic

#45B4BA #BA45B4 #B4BA45

tetradic

#45B4BA #8645BA #BA4B45 #79BA45

square

#45B4BA #8645BA #BA4B45 #79BA45

split-complementary

#45B4BA #BA4579 #BA8645

monochromatic

#245E61 #34898D #45B4BA #72C6CB #9ED8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#45B4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#45B4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4BA

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4BA	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.099 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbce',
    500: '#45b4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4ba;
$custom-light: #87cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70974,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4BA

secondary

#C89693

accent

#5952D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4BA

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

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