#45B6BE#45B6BE

#45B6BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6BE
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -28.98, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 31.97, 204.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0936 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.101 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4725, 38.4357, 54.6235)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6BE #BE4D45

analogous

#45BE89 #45B6BE #4579BE

triadic

#45B6BE #BE45B6 #B6BE45

tetradic

#45B6BE #8945BE #BE4D45 #79BE45

square

#45B6BE #8945BE #BE4D45 #79BE45

split-complementary

#45B6BE #BE4579 #BE8945

monochromatic

#236165 #338C93 #45B6BE #72C8CE #A0DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#45B6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6BE

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6BE	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccd1',
    500: '#45b6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6be;
$custom-light: #87ccd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.967,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71604,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6BE

secondary

#CA9895

accent

#5950D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6BE

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

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