#45A4AF#45A4AF

#45A4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.090 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4AF
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -24.40, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 28.16, 209.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0808 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.09 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4643, 30.9089, 45.2785)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4AF #AF5045

analogous

#45AF85 #45A4AF #456FAF

triadic

#45A4AF #AF45A4 #A4AF45

tetradic

#45A4AF #8545AF #AF5045 #6FAF45

square

#45A4AF #8545AF #AF5045 #6FAF45

split-complementary

#45A4AF #AF456F #AF8545

monochromatic

#225257 #347B83 #45A4AF #6CBCC5 #98D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#45A4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#45A4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4AF

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4AF	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.090 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfc6',
    500: '#45a4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4af;
$custom-light: #84bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.226,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66676,
    "c": 0.0897,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4AF

secondary

#C2938D

accent

#6255D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4AF

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

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