#45BBB3#45BBB3

#45BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBB3
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -34.48, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 34.95, 189.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1037 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.105 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3576, 40.0575, 48.8765)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBB3 #BB454D

analogous

#45BB78 #45BBB3 #4588BB

triadic

#45BBB3 #B345BB #BBB345

tetradic

#45BBB3 #7845BB #BB454D #88BB45

square

#45BBB3 #7845BB #BB454D #88BB45

split-complementary

#45BBB3 #BB4588 #BB7845

monochromatic

#24625E #348F89 #45BBB3 #72CBC5 #9FDCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#45BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBB3

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBB3	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c9',
    500: '#45bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbb3;
$custom-light: #87d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7244,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBB3

secondary

#C89497

accent

#525BD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBB3

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

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