#45BBB9#45BBB9

#45BBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBB9
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -32.82, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 33.96, 194.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.101 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.104 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9776, 40.3055, 52.1421)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBB9 #BB4547

analogous

#45BB7E #45BBB9 #4582BB

triadic

#45BBB9 #B945BB #BBB945

tetradic

#45BBB9 #7E45BB #BB4547 #82BB45

square

#45BBB9 #7E45BB #BB4547 #82BB45

split-complementary

#45BBB9 #BB4582 #BB7E45

monochromatic

#246261 #348F8D #45BBB9 #72CBCA #9FDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45BBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#45BBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBB9

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBB9	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ce',
    500: '#45bbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbb9;
$custom-light: #87d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72642,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBB9

secondary

#C89494

accent

#5254D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBB9

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

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