#45BBAE#45BBAE

#45BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBAE
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -35.83, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 35.97, 185.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1059 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.106 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8611, 39.8588, 46.2614)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBAE #BB4552

analogous

#45BB73 #45BBAE #458DBB

triadic

#45BBAE #AE45BB #BBAE45

tetradic

#45BBAE #7345BB #BB4552 #8DBB45

square

#45BBAE #7345BB #BB4552 #8DBB45

split-complementary

#45BBAE #BB458D #BB7345

monochromatic

#24625B #348F85 #45BBAE #72CBC2 #9FDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#45BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBAE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBAE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0c6',
    500: '#45bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbae;
$custom-light: #86d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.39,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBAE

secondary

#C89499

accent

#5260D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBAE

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

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