#45BB9F#45BB9F

#45BB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BB9F
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -39.70, 4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 39.96, 173.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1128 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.113 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4796, 39.3063, 38.9855)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BB9F #BB4561

analogous

#45BB64 #45BB9F #459CBB

triadic

#45BB9F #9F45BB #BB9F45

tetradic

#45BB9F #6445BB #BB4561 #9CBB45

square

#45BB9F #6445BB #BB4561 #9CBB45

split-complementary

#45BB9F #BB459C #BB6445

monochromatic

#246253 #348F79 #45BB9F #72CBB6 #9FDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45BB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#45BB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BB9F

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BB9F	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0bb',
    500: '#45bb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bb9f;
$custom-light: #86d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.763,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BB9F

secondary

#C894A0

accent

#5271D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BB9F

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

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