#45BDBF#45BDBF

#45BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDBF
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -32.08, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 33.87, 198.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1005 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.105 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0517, 41.4187, 55.6909)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDBF #BF4745

analogous

#45BF84 #45BDBF #4580BF

triadic

#45BDBF #BF45BD #BDBF45

tetradic

#45BDBF #8445BF #BF4745 #80BF45

square

#45BDBF #8445BF #BF4745 #80BF45

split-complementary

#45BDBF #BF4580 #BF8445

monochromatic

#236566 #339294 #45BDBF #73CDCF #A0DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#45BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#45BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDBF

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDBF	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)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d2',
    500: '#45bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdbf;
$custom-light: #88d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDBF

secondary

#CB9695

accent

#524FD8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDBF

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

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