#45BBC4#45BBC4

#45BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBC4
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -29.68, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 32.93, 205.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0963 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.104 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1841, 40.7881, 58.4960)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBC4 #C44E45

analogous

#45C48E #45BBC4 #457CC4

triadic

#45BBC4 #C445BB #BBC445

tetradic

#45BBC4 #8E45C4 #C44E45 #7CC445

square

#45BBC4 #8E45C4 #C44E45 #7CC445

split-complementary

#45BBC4 #C4457C #C48E45

monochromatic

#22676C #31939B #45BBC4 #73CCD3 #A2DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#45BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBC4

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBC4	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d5',
    500: '#45bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbc4;
$custom-light: #88d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.252,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBC4

secondary

#CE9B97

accent

#574DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBC4

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

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