#45B4BB#45B4BB

#45B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.099 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4BB
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -28.87, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 31.62, 204.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0928 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.099 201)
XYZ	xyz(27.7413, 37.4926, 52.7789)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4BB #BB4C45

analogous

#45BB87 #45B4BB #4579BB

triadic

#45B4BB #BB45B4 #B4BB45

tetradic

#45B4BB #8745BB #BB4C45 #79BB45

square

#45B4BB #8745BB #BB4C45 #79BB45

split-complementary

#45B4BB #BB4579 #BB8745

monochromatic

#245E62 #34898F #45B4BB #72C6CB #9FD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#45B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#45B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4BB

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4BB	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.099 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbcf',
    500: '#45b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4bb;
$custom-light: #87cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.559,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71011,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.37496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4BB

secondary

#C89794

accent

#5A52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4BB

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

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