#45BDB0#45BDB0

#45BDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDB0
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -36.22, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 36.37, 185.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1071 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.108 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4847, 40.7919, 47.4383)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDB0 #BD4552

analogous

#45BD74 #45BDB0 #458EBD

triadic

#45BDB0 #B045BD #BDB045

tetradic

#45BDB0 #7445BD #BD4552 #8EBD45

square

#45BDB0 #7445BD #BD4552 #8EBD45

split-complementary

#45BDB0 #BD458E #BD7445

monochromatic

#24645D #349187 #45BDB0 #72CDC3 #9FDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#45BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDB0

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDB0	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)

#B4B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c7',
    500: '#45bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdb0;
$custom-light: #87d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDB0

secondary

#CA949A

accent

#515FD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDB0

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

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