#45BBBC#45BBBC

#45BBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBBC
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -31.97, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 33.58, 197.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0997 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.104 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2977, 40.4335, 53.8276)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBBC #BC4645

analogous

#45BC81 #45BBBC #457FBC

triadic

#45BBBC #BC45BB #BBBC45

tetradic

#45BBBC #8145BC #BC4645 #7FBC45

square

#45BBBC #8145BC #BC4645 #7FBC45

split-complementary

#45BBBC #BC457F #BC8145

monochromatic

#246263 #348F90 #45BBBC #72CBCC #9FDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#45BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBBC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBBC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0d0',
    500: '#45bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbbc;
$custom-light: #87d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBBC

secondary

#C99494

accent

#5251D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBBC

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

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