#45C4BD#45C4BD

#45C4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4BD
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -35.93, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 36.56, 190.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.1086 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.11 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3753, 44.4157, 55.0538)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4BD #C4454C

analogous

#45C47E #45C4BD #458CC4

triadic

#45C4BD #BD45C4 #C4BD45

tetradic

#45C4BD #7E45C4 #C4454C #8CC445

square

#45C4BD #7E45C4 #C4454C #8CC445

split-complementary

#45C4BD #C4458C #C47E45

monochromatic

#226C68 #319B95 #45C4BD #73D3CD #A2E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#45C4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#45C4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4BD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4BD	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6d0',
    500: '#45c4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4bd;
$custom-light: #89d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.693,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74966,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4BD

secondary

#CE979A

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4BD

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

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