#45BDBC#45BDBC

#45BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDBC
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -32.93, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 34.23, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.1018 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.105 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7249, 41.2880, 53.9700)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDBC #BD4546

analogous

#45BD80 #45BDBC #4582BD

triadic

#45BDBC #BC45BD #BDBC45

tetradic

#45BDBC #8045BD #BD4546 #82BD45

square

#45BDBC #8045BD #BD4546 #82BD45

split-complementary

#45BDBC #BD4582 #BD8045

monochromatic

#246464 #349190 #45BDBC #72CDCC #9FDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#45BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#45BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDBC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDBC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d0',
    500: '#45bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdbc;
$custom-light: #88d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73231,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDBC

secondary

#CA9495

accent

#5152D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDBC

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

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