#45B6BD#45B6BD

#45B6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6BD
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -29.27, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 32.03, 203.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0941 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.101 201)
XYZ	xyz(28.3635, 38.3922, 54.0499)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6BD #BD4C45

analogous

#45BD88 #45B6BD #457ABD

triadic

#45B6BD #BD45B6 #B6BD45

tetradic

#45B6BD #8845BD #BD4C45 #7ABD45

square

#45B6BD #8845BD #BD4C45 #7ABD45

split-complementary

#45B6BD #BD457A #BD8845

monochromatic

#246064 #348C91 #45B6BD #72C8CD #9FD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#45B6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6BD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6BD	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccd0',
    500: '#45b6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6bd;
$custom-light: #87ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.38395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6BD

secondary

#CA9794

accent

#5851D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6BD

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

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