#45BDBA#45BDBA

#45BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDBA
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -33.49, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 34.51, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1027 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.105 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5108, 41.2023, 52.8424)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDBA #BD4548

analogous

#45BD7E #45BDBA #4584BD

triadic

#45BDBA #BA45BD #BDBA45

tetradic

#45BDBA #7E45BD #BD4548 #84BD45

square

#45BDBA #7E45BD #BD4548 #84BD45

split-complementary

#45BDBA #BD4584 #BD7E45

monochromatic

#246462 #34918F #45BDBA #72CDCB #9FDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#45BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#45BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDBA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDBA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1ce',
    500: '#45bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdba;
$custom-light: #88d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73163,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDBA

secondary

#CA9496

accent

#5154D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDBA

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

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