#45B6BF#45B6BF

#45B6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6BF
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -28.69, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 31.93, 206.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0932 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5821, 38.4796, 55.2011)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6BF #BF4E45

analogous

#45BF8B #45B6BF #4579BF

triadic

#45B6BF #BF45B6 #B6BF45

tetradic

#45B6BF #8B45BF #BF4E45 #79BF45

square

#45B6BF #8B45BF #BF4E45 #79BF45

split-complementary

#45B6BF #BF4579 #BF8B45

monochromatic

#236166 #338D94 #45B6BF #73C8CF #A0DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#45B6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6BF

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6BF	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccd2',
    500: '#45b6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6bf;
$custom-light: #87ccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.426,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71641,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6BF

secondary

#CB9995

accent

#5A4FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6BF

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

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