#45B9BE#45B9BE

#45B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9BE
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -30.44, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 32.78, 201.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0968 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.102 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0934, 39.6777, 54.8305)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9BE #BE4A45

analogous

#45BE86 #45B9BE #457CBE

triadic

#45B9BE #BE45B9 #B9BE45

tetradic

#45B9BE #8645BE #BE4A45 #7CBE45

square

#45B9BE #8645BE #BE4A45 #7CBE45

split-complementary

#45B9BE #BE457C #BE8645

monochromatic

#236365 #338F93 #45B9BE #72CACE #A0DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#45B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9BE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9BE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ced1',
    500: '#45b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9be;
$custom-light: #87ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.479,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9BE

secondary

#CA9795

accent

#5650D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9BE

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

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