#45B4BC#45B4BC

#45B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.100 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4BC
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -28.58, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 31.57, 205.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0924 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.1 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8487, 37.5356, 53.3446)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4BC #BC4D45

analogous

#45BC89 #45B4BC #4578BC

triadic

#45B4BC #BC45B4 #B4BC45

tetradic

#45B4BC #8945BC #BC4D45 #78BC45

square

#45B4BC #8945BC #BC4D45 #78BC45

split-complementary

#45B4BC #BC4578 #BC8945

monochromatic

#245F63 #348A90 #45B4BC #72C6CC #9FD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#45B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#45B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4BC

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4BC	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.100 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd0',
    500: '#45b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4bc;
$custom-light: #87cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.034,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4BC

secondary

#C99794

accent

#5A51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4BC

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

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