#45BBAD#45BBAD

#45BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBAD
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -36.09, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 36.19, 184.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1064 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.107 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7639, 39.8200, 45.7499)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBAD #BB4553

analogous

#45BB72 #45BBAD #458EBB

triadic

#45BBAD #AD45BB #BBAD45

tetradic

#45BBAD #7245BB #BB4553 #8EBB45

square

#45BBAD #7245BB #BB4553 #8EBB45

split-complementary

#45BBAD #BB458E #BB7245

monochromatic

#24625A #348F84 #45BBAD #72CBC1 #9FDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#45BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBAD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBAD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0c5',
    500: '#45bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbad;
$custom-light: #86d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBAD

secondary

#C8949A

accent

#5261D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBAD

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

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