#45B4BF#45B4BF

#45B4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.100 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4BF
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -27.71, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 31.46, 208.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0911 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.1 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1755, 37.6663, 55.0655)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4BF #BF5045

analogous

#45BF8D #45B4BF #4577BF

triadic

#45B4BF #BF45B4 #B4BF45

tetradic

#45B4BF #8D45BF #BF5045 #77BF45

square

#45B4BF #8D45BF #BF5045 #77BF45

split-complementary

#45B4BF #BF4577 #BF8D45

monochromatic

#236066 #338B94 #45B4BF #73C6CF #A0D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#45B4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#45B4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4BF

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4BF	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.100 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cad2',
    500: '#45b4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4bf;
$custom-light: #87cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.41,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71158,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4BF

secondary

#CB9A95

accent

#5C4FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4BF

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

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