#45B5BD#45B5BD

#45B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.100 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5BD
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -28.78, -13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 31.77, 205.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.093 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.1 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1595, 37.9840, 53.9818)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5BD #BD4D45

analogous

#45BD89 #45B5BD #4579BD

triadic

#45B5BD #BD45B5 #B5BD45

tetradic

#45B5BD #8945BD #BD4D45 #79BD45

square

#45B5BD #8945BD #BD4D45 #79BD45

split-complementary

#45B5BD #BD4579 #BD8945

monochromatic

#246064 #348B91 #45B5BD #72C7CD #9FD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#45B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5BD

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5BD	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.100 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd0',
    500: '#45b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5bd;
$custom-light: #87cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71326,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5BD

secondary

#CA9894

accent

#5A51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5BD

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

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