#45B8BA#45B8BA

#45B8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8BA
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -31.10, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 32.85, 198.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0974 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.102 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4538, 39.0883, 52.4901)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8BA #BA4745

analogous

#45BA82 #45B8BA #457DBA

triadic

#45B8BA #BA45B8 #B8BA45

tetradic

#45B8BA #8245BA #BA4745 #7DBA45

square

#45B8BA #8245BA #BA4745 #7DBA45

split-complementary

#45B8BA #BA457D #BA8245

monochromatic

#246061 #348C8D #45B8BA #72C9CB #9EDADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#45B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8BA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8BA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdce',
    500: '#45b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8ba;
$custom-light: #87cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71946,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8BA

secondary

#C89493

accent

#5452D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8BA

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

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