#45B7B3#45B7B3

#45B7B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7B3
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -32.59, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 33.44, 192.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0995 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.102 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5208, 38.3839, 48.5975)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7B3 #B74549

analogous

#45B77A #45B7B3 #4582B7

triadic

#45B7B3 #B345B7 #B7B345

tetradic

#45B7B3 #7A45B7 #B74549 #82B745

square

#45B7B3 #7A45B7 #B74549 #82B745

split-complementary

#45B7B3 #B74582 #B77A45

monochromatic

#235E5C #348B88 #45B7B3 #70C9C6 #9DDAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B7B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#45B7B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7B3

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7B3	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)

#ACAEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdc9',
    500: '#45b7b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7b3;
$custom-light: #86cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71461,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7B3

secondary

#C69293

accent

#5357D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7B3

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

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