#45C5BE#45C5BE

#45C5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.111 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5BE
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -36.12, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 36.75, 190.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.1092 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.111 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7105, 44.9119, 55.7029)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5BE #C5454C

analogous

#45C57E #45C5BE #458CC5

triadic

#45C5BE #BE45C5 #C5BE45

tetradic

#45C5BE #7E45C5 #C5454C #8CC545

square

#45C5BE #7E45C5 #C5454C #8CC545

split-complementary

#45C5BE #C5458C #C57E45

monochromatic

#226D69 #319C96 #45C5BE #74D4CE #A2E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#45C5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#45C5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5BE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5BE	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.111 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7d1',
    500: '#45c5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5be;
$custom-light: #89d7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.719,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75242,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5BE

secondary

#CF979A

accent

#4C54DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5BE

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

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