#45C5BF#45C5BF

#45C5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5BF
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -35.85, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 36.58, 191.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.1087 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.111 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8202, 44.9558, 56.2805)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5BF #C5454B

analogous

#45C57F #45C5BF #458BC5

triadic

#45C5BF #BF45C5 #C5BF45

tetradic

#45C5BF #7F45C5 #C5454B #8BC545

square

#45C5BF #7F45C5 #C5454B #8BC545

split-complementary

#45C5BF #C5458B #C57F45

monochromatic

#226D6A #319C97 #45C5BF #74D4CF #A2E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#45C5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#45C5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5BF

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5BF	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7d2',
    500: '#45c5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5bf;
$custom-light: #89d7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.188,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75275,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5BF

secondary

#CF979A

accent

#4C53DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5BF

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

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