#45BB9E#45BB9E

#45BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BB9E
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -39.95, 5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 40.26, 172.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1132 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.114 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3931, 39.2717, 38.5304)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BB9E #BB4562

analogous

#45BB63 #45BB9E #459DBB

triadic

#45BB9E #9E45BB #BB9E45

tetradic

#45BB9E #6345BB #BB4562 #9DBB45

square

#45BB9E #6345BB #BB4562 #9DBB45

split-complementary

#45BB9E #BB459D #BB6345

monochromatic

#246253 #348F78 #45BB9E #72CBB5 #9FDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#45BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BB9E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BB9E	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0ba',
    500: '#45bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bb9e;
$custom-light: #86d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.254,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BB9E

secondary

#C894A0

accent

#5272D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BB9E

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

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