#45B9BD#45B9BD

#45B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9BD
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -30.73, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 32.86, 200.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0972 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.102 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9845, 39.6341, 54.2569)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9BD #BD4945

analogous

#45BD85 #45B9BD #457DBD

triadic

#45B9BD #BD45B9 #B9BD45

tetradic

#45B9BD #8545BD #BD4945 #7DBD45

square

#45B9BD #8545BD #BD4945 #7DBD45

split-complementary

#45B9BD #BD457D #BD8545

monochromatic

#246264 #348E91 #45B9BD #72CACD #9FDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#45B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9BD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9BD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ced0',
    500: '#45b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9bd;
$custom-light: #87ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72295,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9BD

secondary

#CA9694

accent

#5551D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9BD

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

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