#45B4BE#45B4BE

#45B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4BE
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -28.00, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 31.49, 207.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0916 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0658, 37.6224, 54.4879)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4BE #BE4F45

analogous

#45BE8B #45B4BE #4577BE

triadic

#45B4BE #BE45B4 #B4BE45

tetradic

#45B4BE #8B45BE #BE4F45 #77BE45

square

#45B4BE #8B45BE #BE4F45 #77BE45

split-complementary

#45B4BE #BE4577 #BE8B45

monochromatic

#236065 #338B93 #45B4BE #72C6CE #A0D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#45B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#45B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4BE

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4BE	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd1',
    500: '#45b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4be;
$custom-light: #87cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.959,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4BE

secondary

#CA9995

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4BE

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

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