#45B9BB#45B9BB

#45B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9BB
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -31.30, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 33.06, 198.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0981 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.102 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7689, 39.5479, 53.1214)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9BB #BB4745

analogous

#45BB82 #45B9BB #457EBB

triadic

#45B9BB #BB45B9 #B9BB45

tetradic

#45B9BB #8245BB #BB4745 #7EBB45

square

#45B9BB #8245BB #BB4745 #7EBB45

split-complementary

#45B9BB #BB457E #BB8245

monochromatic

#246162 #348D8F #45B9BB #72CACB #9FDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#45B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#45B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9BB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9BB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cecf',
    500: '#45b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9bb;
$custom-light: #87cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9BB

secondary

#C89494

accent

#5452D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9BB

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

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