#45bbab

Color #45bbab

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 5.92 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#45bbab

RGB

rgb(69, 187, 171)

HSL

hsl(171.9, 46.5%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.9, 63.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(69.29, -36.62, -1.64)

LCH

lch(69.29, 36.66, 182.56)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.1074, 182.67)

HWB

hwb(171.9, 27.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb4555

Analogous

#45bb70

#45bbab

#4590bb

Triadic

#45bbab

#ab45bb

#bbab45

Split-complementary

#45bbab

#bb4590

#bb7045

Tetradic

#45bbab

#4555bb

#bb4555

#bbab45

Square

#45bbab

#7045bb

#bb4555

#90bb45

Shades

Color #45bbab mixed toward black.

#399c8f

#2e7d72

#225e56

#173f39

#0b1f1d

Tints

Color #45bbab mixed toward white.

#64c6b9

#83d2c7

#a2ddd5

#c1e8e3

#e0f4f1

Tones

Color #45bbab mixed toward gray.

#4fb1a4

#59a79d

#629e96

#6c948e

#768a87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898aaf · ΔE 30.9

Deuteranopia

#8279b0 · ΔE 36.1

Tritanopia

#51b2b3 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #45bbab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#45bbab]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#45bbab (#45bbab) is rgb(69, 187, 171) in RGB.

No, #45bbab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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