#45BDBE#45BDBE

#45BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDBE
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -32.36, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 33.98, 197.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.1009 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.105 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9420, 41.3748, 55.1134)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDBE #BE4645

analogous

#45BE82 #45BDBE #4580BE

triadic

#45BDBE #BE45BD #BDBE45

tetradic

#45BDBE #8245BE #BE4645 #80BE45

square

#45BDBE #8245BE #BE4645 #80BE45

split-complementary

#45BDBE #BE4580 #BE8245

monochromatic

#236565 #339293 #45BDBE #72CDCE #A0DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#45BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#45BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDBE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDBE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d1',
    500: '#45bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdbe;
$custom-light: #88d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.496,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.733,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDBE

secondary

#CA9595

accent

#5150D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDBE

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

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