#45BBB5#45BBB5

#45BBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBB5
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -33.93, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 34.59, 191.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.1028 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.104 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5613, 40.1390, 49.9495)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBB5 #BB454B

analogous

#45BB7A #45BBB5 #4586BB

triadic

#45BBB5 #B545BB #BBB545

tetradic

#45BBB5 #7A45BB #BB454B #86BB45

square

#45BBB5 #7A45BB #BB454B #86BB45

split-complementary

#45BBB5 #BB4586 #BB7A45

monochromatic

#24625F #348F8A #45BBB5 #72CBC7 #9FDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45BBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#45BBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBB5

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBB5	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0cb',
    500: '#45bbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbb5;
$custom-light: #87d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.949,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72507,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBB5

secondary

#C89496

accent

#5258D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBB5

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

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