#45BDB5#45BDB5

#45BDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDB5
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -34.87, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 35.35, 189.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.1049 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.106 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9886, 40.9934, 50.0919)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDB5 #BD454D

analogous

#45BD79 #45BDB5 #4589BD

triadic

#45BDB5 #B545BD #BDB545

tetradic

#45BDB5 #7945BD #BD454D #89BD45

square

#45BDB5 #7945BD #BD454D #89BD45

split-complementary

#45BDB5 #BD4589 #BD7945

monochromatic

#246460 #34918B #45BDB5 #72CDC7 #9FDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45BDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#45BDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDB5

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDB5	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1cb',
    500: '#45bdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdb5;
$custom-light: #87d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72996,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDB5

secondary

#CA9498

accent

#515AD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDB5

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

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