#45BBB4#45BBB4

#45BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.105 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBB4
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -34.20, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 34.76, 190.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1032 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.105 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4591, 40.0981, 49.4110)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBB4 #BB454C

analogous

#45BB79 #45BBB4 #4587BB

triadic

#45BBB4 #B445BB #BBB445

tetradic

#45BBB4 #7945BB #BB454C #87BB45

square

#45BBB4 #7945BB #BB454C #87BB45

split-complementary

#45BBB4 #BB4587 #BB7945

monochromatic

#24625E #348F89 #45BBB4 #72CBC6 #9FDCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45BBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#45BBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBB4

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBB4	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.105 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ca',
    500: '#45bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbb4;
$custom-light: #87d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.441,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBB4

secondary

#C89497

accent

#525AD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBB4

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

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