#45BBBA#45BBBA

#45BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBBA
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -32.54, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 33.83, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1006 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.104 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0836, 40.3479, 52.7000)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBBA #BB4546

analogous

#45BB7F #45BBBA #4581BB

triadic

#45BBBA #BA45BB #BBBA45

tetradic

#45BBBA #7F45BB #BB4546 #81BB45

square

#45BBBA #7F45BB #BB4546 #81BB45

split-complementary

#45BBBA #BB4581 #BB7F45

monochromatic

#246261 #348F8E #45BBBA #72CBCB #9FDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#45BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBBA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBBA	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 194.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBBA

secondary

#C89494

accent

#5253D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBBA

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

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