#45B7BC#45B7BC

#45B7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7BC
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -30.05, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 32.37, 201.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0955 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.101 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4609, 38.7599, 53.5487)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7BC #BC4A45

analogous

#45BC85 #45B7BC #457BBC

triadic

#45B7BC #BC45B7 #B7BC45

tetradic

#45B7BC #8545BC #BC4A45 #7BBC45

square

#45B7BC #8545BC #BC4A45 #7BBC45

split-complementary

#45B7BC #BC457B #BC8545

monochromatic

#246063 #348C90 #45B7BC #72C8CC #9FDADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#45B7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#45B7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7BC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7BC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdd0',
    500: '#45b7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7bc;
$custom-light: #87cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71774,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7BC

secondary

#C99694

accent

#5751D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7BC

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

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