#45B5BC#45B5BC

#45B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5BC
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -29.07, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 31.83, 204.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0934 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(28.0513, 37.9408, 53.4122)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5BC #BC4C45

analogous

#45BC87 #45B5BC #457ABC

triadic

#45B5BC #BC45B5 #B5BC45

tetradic

#45B5BC #8745BC #BC4C45 #7ABC45

square

#45B5BC #8745BC #BC4C45 #7ABC45

split-complementary

#45B5BC #BC457A #BC8745

monochromatic

#245F63 #348B90 #45B5BC #72C7CC #9FD9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#45B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#45B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5BC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5BC	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd0',
    500: '#45b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5bc;
$custom-light: #87cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71289,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.37944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5BC

secondary

#C99794

accent

#5951D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5BC

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

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