#45B8BD#45B8BD

#45B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.102 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8BD
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -30.25, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 32.58, 201.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0962 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.102 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7761, 39.2172, 54.1874)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8BD #BD4A45

analogous

#45BD86 #45B8BD #457CBD

triadic

#45B8BD #BD45B8 #B8BD45

tetradic

#45B8BD #8645BD #BD4A45 #7CBD45

square

#45B8BD #8645BD #BD4A45 #7CBD45

split-complementary

#45B8BD #BD457C #BD8645

monochromatic

#246164 #348D91 #45B8BD #72C9CD #9FDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#45B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8BD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8BD	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.102 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdd0',
    500: '#45b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8bd;
$custom-light: #87cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72052,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8BD

secondary

#CA9694

accent

#5651D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8BD

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

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