#45C3BD#45C3BD

#45C3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3BD
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -35.47, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 36.19, 191.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.1076 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.109 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1505, 43.9661, 54.9789)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3BD #C3454B

analogous

#45C37E #45C3BD #458AC3

triadic

#45C3BD #BD45C3 #C3BD45

tetradic

#45C3BD #7E45C3 #C3454B #8AC345

square

#45C3BD #7E45C3 #C3454B #8AC345

split-complementary

#45C3BD #C3458A #C37E45

monochromatic

#236B68 #319994 #45C3BD #73D2CD #A2E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#45C3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#45C3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3BD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3BD	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5d0',
    500: '#45c3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3bd;
$custom-light: #88d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74723,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3BD

secondary

#CE9699

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3BD

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

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