#45B7BF#45B7BF

#45B7BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7BF
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -29.18, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 32.18, 204.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0943 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.101 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7876, 38.8906, 55.2696)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7BF #BF4D45

analogous

#45BF8A #45B7BF #457ABF

triadic

#45B7BF #BF45B7 #B7BF45

tetradic

#45B7BF #8A45BF #BF4D45 #7ABF45

square

#45B7BF #8A45BF #BF4D45 #7ABF45

split-complementary

#45B7BF #BF457A #BF8A45

monochromatic

#236266 #338E94 #45B7BF #73C9CF #A0DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#45B7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7BF

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7BF	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdd2',
    500: '#45b7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7bf;
$custom-light: #87cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.934,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71882,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7BF

secondary

#CB9895

accent

#584FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7BF

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

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