#45A2AE#45A2AE

#45A2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.089 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2AE
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -23.68, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 27.74, 211.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.0791 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.089 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0114, 30.1595, 44.6448)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2AE #AE5145

analogous

#45AE85 #45A2AE #456EAE

triadic

#45A2AE #AE45A2 #A2AE45

tetradic

#45A2AE #8545AE #AE5145 #6EAE45

square

#45A2AE #8545AE #AE5145 #6EAE45

split-complementary

#45A2AE #AE456E #AE8545

monochromatic

#225056 #347982 #45A2AE #6CBAC5 #97CFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#45A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#45A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2AE

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2AE	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.089 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdc6',
    500: '#45a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2ae;
$custom-light: #84bdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6615,
    "c": 0.08862,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2AE

secondary

#C2938D

accent

#6355D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2AE

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

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