#45B5BB#45B5BB

#45B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.100 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5BB
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -29.36, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 31.89, 202.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0939 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.1 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9439, 37.8978, 52.8464)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5BB #BB4B45

analogous

#45BB86 #45B5BB #457ABB

triadic

#45B5BB #BB45B5 #B5BB45

tetradic

#45B5BB #8645BB #BB4B45 #7ABB45

square

#45B5BB #8645BB #BB4B45 #7ABB45

split-complementary

#45B5BB #BB457A #BB8645

monochromatic

#245F62 #348A8F #45B5BB #72C7CB #9FD9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#45B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#45B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5BB

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5BB	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.100 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbcf',
    500: '#45b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5bb;
$custom-light: #87cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.051,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71253,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5BB

secondary

#C89694

accent

#5852D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5BB

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

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