#45A0AE#45A0AE

#45A0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.088 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0AE
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -22.65, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 27.38, 214.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.0769 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.088 209)
XYZ	xyz(22.6619, 29.4605, 44.5283)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0AE #AE5345

analogous

#45AE87 #45A0AE #456BAE

triadic

#45A0AE #AE45A0 #A0AE45

tetradic

#45A0AE #8745AE #AE5345 #6BAE45

square

#45A0AE #8745AE #AE5345 #6BAE45

split-complementary

#45A0AE #AE456B #AE8745

monochromatic

#224F56 #347882 #45A0AE #6CB9C5 #97CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#45A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#45A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0AE

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0AE	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.088 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bcc6',
    500: '#45a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0ae;
$custom-light: #84bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65663,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.29463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0AE

secondary

#C2948D

accent

#6655D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0AE

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

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