#45B4BD#45B4BD

#45B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4BD
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -28.29, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 31.52, 206.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.092 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9569, 37.5788, 53.9143)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4BD #BD4E45

analogous

#45BD8A #45B4BD #4578BD

triadic

#45B4BD #BD45B4 #B4BD45

tetradic

#45B4BD #8A45BD #BD4E45 #78BD45

square

#45B4BD #8A45BD #BD4E45 #78BD45

split-complementary

#45B4BD #BD4578 #BD8A45

monochromatic

#245F64 #348A91 #45B4BD #72C6CD #9FD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#45B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#45B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4BD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4BD	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd0',
    500: '#45b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4bd;
$custom-light: #87cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4BD

secondary

#CA9894

accent

#5B51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4BD

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

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