#45B6B3#45B6B3

#45B6B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6B3
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -32.11, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 33.08, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0984 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.101 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3153, 37.9729, 48.5290)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6B3 #B64548

analogous

#45B67B #45B6B3 #4581B6

triadic

#45B6B3 #B345B6 #B6B345

tetradic

#45B6B3 #7B45B6 #B64548 #81B645

square

#45B6B3 #7B45B6 #B64548 #81B645

split-complementary

#45B6B3 #B64581 #B67B45

monochromatic

#235D5C #348A87 #45B6B3 #70C9C6 #9CD9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B6B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#45B6B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6B3

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6B3	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)

#ABADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccc9',
    500: '#45b6b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6b3;
$custom-light: #86ccc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.407,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71216,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6B3

secondary

#C69192

accent

#5357D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6B3

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

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