#45B5BA#45B5BA

#45B5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.100 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5BA
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -29.65, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 31.96, 201.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0943 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.1 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8372, 37.8551, 52.2846)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5BA #BA4A45

analogous

#45BA84 #45B5BA #457BBA

triadic

#45B5BA #BA45B5 #B5BA45

tetradic

#45B5BA #8445BA #BA4A45 #7BBA45

square

#45B5BA #8445BA #BA4A45 #7BBA45

split-complementary

#45B5BA #BA457B #BA8445

monochromatic

#245E61 #348A8D #45B5BA #72C7CB #9ED9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#45B5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#45B5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5BA

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5BA	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.100 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbce',
    500: '#45b5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5ba;
$custom-light: #87cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.564,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71217,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5BA

secondary

#C89593

accent

#5852D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5BA

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

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