#45C5BD#45C5BD

#45C5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.111 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5BD
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -36.39, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 36.93, 189.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.1096 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.111 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6016, 44.8683, 55.1292)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5BD #C5454D

analogous

#45C57D #45C5BD #458DC5

triadic

#45C5BD #BD45C5 #C5BD45

tetradic

#45C5BD #7D45C5 #C5454D #8DC545

square

#45C5BD #7D45C5 #C5454D #8DC545

split-complementary

#45C5BD #C5458D #C57D45

monochromatic

#226D69 #319C95 #45C5BD #74D4CE #A2E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#45C5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#45C5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5BD

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5BD	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.111 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7d0',
    500: '#45c5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5bd;
$custom-light: #89d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75209,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5BD

secondary

#CF979A

accent

#4C55DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5BD

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

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