#45BBAB#45BBAB

#45BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBAB
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -36.62, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 36.66, 182.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1073 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.107 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5719, 39.7432, 44.7383)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBAB #BB4555

analogous

#45BB70 #45BBAB #4590BB

triadic

#45BBAB #AB45BB #BBAB45

tetradic

#45BBAB #7045BB #BB4555 #90BB45

square

#45BBAB #7045BB #BB4555 #90BB45

split-complementary

#45BBAB #BB4590 #BB7045

monochromatic

#246259 #348F82 #45BBAB #72CBBF #9FDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#45BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBAB

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBAB	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0c3',
    500: '#45bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbab;
$custom-light: #86d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72184,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBAB

secondary

#C8949B

accent

#5264D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBAB

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

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