#45BDB3#45BDB3

#45BDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDB3
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -35.41, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 35.73, 187.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.1058 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.107 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7848, 40.9119, 49.0189)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDB3 #BD454F

analogous

#45BD77 #45BDB3 #458BBD

triadic

#45BDB3 #B345BD #BDB345

tetradic

#45BDB3 #7745BD #BD454F #8BBD45

square

#45BDB3 #7745BD #BD454F #8BBD45

split-complementary

#45BDB3 #BD458B #BD7745

monochromatic

#24645F #349189 #45BDB3 #72CDC5 #9FDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#45BDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDB3

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDB3	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c9',
    500: '#45bdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdb3;
$custom-light: #87d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7293,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDB3

secondary

#CA9499

accent

#515CD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDB3

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

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