#45B5BE#45B5BE

#45B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5BE
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -28.49, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 31.73, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0926 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2684, 38.0276, 54.5555)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5BE #BE4E45

analogous

#45BE8A #45B5BE #4578BE

triadic

#45B5BE #BE45B5 #B5BE45

tetradic

#45B5BE #8A45BE #BE4E45 #78BE45

square

#45B5BE #8A45BE #BE4E45 #78BE45

split-complementary

#45B5BE #BE4578 #BE8A45

monochromatic

#236065 #338B93 #45B5BE #72C7CE #A0D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#45B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5BE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5BE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd1',
    500: '#45b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5be;
$custom-light: #87cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.463,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71362,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5BE

secondary

#CA9995

accent

#5A50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5BE

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

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