#45BBBD#45BBBD

#45BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBBD
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -31.69, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 33.47, 198.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0993 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.104 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4058, 40.4768, 54.3973)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBBD #BD4745

analogous

#45BD83 #45BBBD #457FBD

triadic

#45BBBD #BD45BB #BBBD45

tetradic

#45BBBD #8345BD #BD4745 #7FBD45

square

#45BBBD #8345BD #BD4745 #7FBD45

split-complementary

#45BBBD #BD457F #BD8345

monochromatic

#246364 #349091 #45BBBD #72CCCD #9FDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#45BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBBD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBBD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d0',
    500: '#45bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbbd;
$custom-light: #88d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBBD

secondary

#CA9594

accent

#5351D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBBD

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

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