#45B8B2#45B8B2

#45B8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8B2
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -33.34, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 33.98, 191.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.1009 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.103 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6270, 38.7576, 48.1358)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8B2 #B8454B

analogous

#45B879 #45B8B2 #4584B8

triadic

#45B8B2 #B245B8 #B8B245

tetradic

#45B8B2 #7945B8 #B8454B #84B845

square

#45B8B2 #7945B8 #B8454B #84B845

split-complementary

#45B8B2 #B84584 #B87945

monochromatic

#245F5C #348B87 #45B8B2 #71CAC5 #9DDAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#45B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#45B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8B2

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8B2	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)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec9',
    500: '#45b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8b2;
$custom-light: #86cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.87,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71672,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8B2

secondary

#C79295

accent

#5359D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8B2

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

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