#45BB9B#45BB9B

#45BB9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BB9B
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 155)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -40.69, 6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 41.21, 170.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.1146 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.116 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1381, 39.1697, 37.1870)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BB9B #BB4565

analogous

#45BB60 #45BB9B #45A0BB

triadic

#45BB9B #9B45BB #BB9B45

tetradic

#45BB9B #6045BB #BB4565 #A0BB45

square

#45BB9B #6045BB #BB4565 #A0BB45

split-complementary

#45BB9B #BB45A0 #BB6045

monochromatic

#246251 #348F76 #45BB9B #72CBB3 #9FDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45BB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#45BB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BB9B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BB9B	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0b8',
    500: '#45bb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bb9b;
$custom-light: #85d0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.729,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71712,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BB9B

secondary

#C894A2

accent

#5276D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BB9B

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

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