#45BDB9#45BDB9

#45BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.105 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDB9
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -33.76, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 34.66, 193.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1031 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.105 192)
XYZ	xyz(29.4049, 41.1600, 52.2845)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDB9 #BD4549

analogous

#45BD7D #45BDB9 #4585BD

triadic

#45BDB9 #B945BD #BDB945

tetradic

#45BDB9 #7D45BD #BD4549 #85BD45

square

#45BDB9 #7D45BD #BD4549 #85BD45

split-complementary

#45BDB9 #BD4585 #BD7D45

monochromatic

#246462 #34918E #45BDB9 #72CDCA #9FDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#45BDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#45BDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDB9

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDB9	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.105 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1ce',
    500: '#45bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdb9;
$custom-light: #87d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.41163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDB9

secondary

#CA9496

accent

#5155D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDB9

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

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