#45BBAF#45BBAF

#45BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBAF
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -35.56, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 35.75, 185.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1054 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.106 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9589, 39.8980, 46.7767)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBAF #BB4551

analogous

#45BB74 #45BBAF #458CBB

triadic

#45BBAF #AF45BB #BBAF45

tetradic

#45BBAF #7445BB #BB4551 #8CBB45

square

#45BBAF #7445BB #BB4551 #8CBB45

split-complementary

#45BBAF #BB458C #BB7445

monochromatic

#24625C #348F85 #45BBAF #72CBC2 #9FDCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#45BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBAF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBAF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c6',
    500: '#45bbaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbaf;
$custom-light: #87d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7231,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBAF

secondary

#C89499

accent

#525FD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBAF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →