#45B9B2#45B9B2

#45B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.103 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9B2
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -33.81, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 34.36, 190.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.102 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.103 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8355, 39.1745, 48.2053)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9B2 #B9454C

analogous

#45B978 #45B9B2 #4586B9

triadic

#45B9B2 #B245B9 #B9B245

tetradic

#45B9B2 #7845B9 #B9454C #86B945

square

#45B9B2 #7845B9 #B9454C #86B945

split-complementary

#45B9B2 #B94586 #B97845

monochromatic

#24605C #348C87 #45B9B2 #71CAC5 #9EDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#45B9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9B2

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9B2	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	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)

#AFB0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.103 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec9',
    500: '#45b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9b2;
$custom-light: #86cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.379,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71917,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9B2

secondary

#C79396

accent

#525AD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9B2

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

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