#45A4AC#45A4AC

#45A4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.089 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4AC
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -25.28, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 28.21, 206.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0821 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.089 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1730, 30.7923, 43.7440)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4AC #AC4D45

analogous

#45AC81 #45A4AC #4571AC

triadic

#45A4AC #AC45A4 #A4AC45

tetradic

#45A4AC #8145AC #AC4D45 #71AC45

square

#45A4AC #8145AC #AC4D45 #71AC45

split-complementary

#45A4AC #AC4571 #AC8145

monochromatic

#225155 #337A80 #45A4AC #6BBDC4 #96D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#45A4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#45A4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4AC

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4AC	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.089 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfc4',
    500: '#45a4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4ac;
$custom-light: #84bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.66,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66563,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4AC

secondary

#C1908C

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4AC

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

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