#45B5BF#45B5BF

#45B5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.101 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5BF
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -28.20, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 31.69, 207.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0922 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.101 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3781, 38.0715, 55.1331)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5BF #BF4F45

analogous

#45BF8C #45B5BF #4578BF

triadic

#45B5BF #BF45B5 #B5BF45

tetradic

#45B5BF #8C45BF #BF4F45 #78BF45

square

#45B5BF #8C45BF #BF4F45 #78BF45

split-complementary

#45B5BF #BF4578 #BF8C45

monochromatic

#236166 #338C94 #45B5BF #73C7CF #A0D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#45B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5BF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5BF	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)

#A7AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.101 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd2',
    500: '#45b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5bf;
$custom-light: #87cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.918,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71399,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5BF

secondary

#CB9995

accent

#5B4FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5BF

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

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