#45BBBE#45BBBE

#45BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBBE
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -31.41, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 33.36, 199.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0988 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.104 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5148, 40.5203, 54.9709)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBBE #BE4845

analogous

#45BE85 #45BBBE #457EBE

triadic

#45BBBE #BE45BB #BBBE45

tetradic

#45BBBE #8545BE #BE4845 #7EBE45

square

#45BBBE #8545BE #BE4845 #7EBE45

split-complementary

#45BBBE #BE457E #BE8545

monochromatic

#236465 #339093 #45BBBE #72CCCE #A0DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#45BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBBE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBBE	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)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d1',
    500: '#45bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbbe;
$custom-light: #88d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72815,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBBE

secondary

#CA9695

accent

#5350D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBBE

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

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