#45B9BC#45B9BC

#45B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9BC
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -31.01, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 32.96, 199.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0976 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.102 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8763, 39.5908, 53.6872)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9BC #BC4845

analogous

#45BC84 #45B9BC #457DBC

triadic

#45B9BC #BC45B9 #B9BC45

tetradic

#45B9BC #8445BC #BC4845 #7DBC45

square

#45B9BC #8445BC #BC4845 #7DBC45

split-complementary

#45B9BC #BC457D #BC8445

monochromatic

#246163 #348E90 #45B9BC #72CACC #9FDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#45B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9BC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9BC	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ced0',
    500: '#45b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9bc;
$custom-light: #87ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72259,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9BC

secondary

#C99594

accent

#5551D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9BC

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

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