#45B7B2#45B7B2

#45B7B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.102 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7B2
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -32.87, -6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 33.60, 192.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0999 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.102 191)
XYZ	xyz(27.4200, 38.3436, 48.0668)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7B2 #B7454A

analogous

#45B779 #45B7B2 #4583B7

triadic

#45B7B2 #B245B7 #B7B245

tetradic

#45B7B2 #7945B7 #B7454A #83B745

square

#45B7B2 #7945B7 #B7454A #83B745

split-complementary

#45B7B2 #B74583 #B77945

monochromatic

#235E5C #348B87 #45B7B2 #70C9C5 #9DDAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#45B7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7B2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7B2	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.102 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdc9',
    500: '#45b7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7b2;
$custom-light: #86cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.368,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71427,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.38347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7B2

secondary

#C69294

accent

#5359D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7B2

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

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