#45B8BE#45B8BE

#45B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.102 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8BE
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -29.96, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 32.50, 202.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0957 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.102 200)
XYZ	xyz(28.8850, 39.2607, 54.7610)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8BE #BE4B45

analogous

#45BE87 #45B8BE #457BBE

triadic

#45B8BE #BE45B8 #B8BE45

tetradic

#45B8BE #8745BE #BE4B45 #7BBE45

square

#45B8BE #8745BE #BE4B45 #7BBE45

split-complementary

#45B8BE #BE457B #BE8745

monochromatic

#236265 #338E93 #45B8BE #72C9CE #A0DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#45B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8BE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8BE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.102 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdd1',
    500: '#45b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8be;
$custom-light: #87cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.975,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72088,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.39264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8BE

secondary

#CA9795

accent

#5750D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8BE

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

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