#45BBC5#45BBC5

#45BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBC5
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -29.39, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 32.89, 206.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0959 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.104 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2983, 40.8337, 59.0974)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBC5 #C54F45

analogous

#45C58F #45BBC5 #457BC5

triadic

#45BBC5 #C545BB #BBC545

tetradic

#45BBC5 #8F45C5 #C54F45 #7BC545

square

#45BBC5 #8F45C5 #C54F45 #7BC545

split-complementary

#45BBC5 #C5457B #C58F45

monochromatic

#22686D #31949C #45BBC5 #74CCD4 #A2DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#45BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBC5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBC5	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d6',
    500: '#45bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbc5;
$custom-light: #88d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.688,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73067,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBC5

secondary

#CF9B97

accent

#574CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBC5

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

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