#45B9B3#45B9B3

#45B9B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.103 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9B3
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -33.54, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 34.18, 191.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1016 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.103 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9362, 39.2148, 48.7360)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9B3 #B9454B

analogous

#45B979 #45B9B3 #4585B9

triadic

#45B9B3 #B345B9 #B9B345

tetradic

#45B9B3 #7945B9 #B9454B #85B945

square

#45B9B3 #7945B9 #B9454B #85B945

split-complementary

#45B9B3 #B94585 #B97945

monochromatic

#24605D #348C88 #45B9B3 #71CAC5 #9EDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45B9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#45B9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9B3

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9B3	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)

#AFB0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.103 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cec9',
    500: '#45b9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9b3;
$custom-light: #87cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71951,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9B3

secondary

#C79395

accent

#5259D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9B3

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

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