#45BDB4#45BDB4

#45BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDB4
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -35.14, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 35.54, 188.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.1053 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.106 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8863, 40.9525, 49.5534)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDB4 #BD454E

analogous

#45BD78 #45BDB4 #458ABD

triadic

#45BDB4 #B445BD #BDB445

tetradic

#45BDB4 #7845BD #BD454E #8ABD45

square

#45BDB4 #7845BD #BD454E #8ABD45

split-complementary

#45BDB4 #BD458A #BD7845

monochromatic

#24645F #34918A #45BDB4 #72CDC6 #9FDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#45BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDB4

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDB4	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1ca',
    500: '#45bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdb4;
$custom-light: #87d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72963,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDB4

secondary

#CA9498

accent

#515BD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDB4

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

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