#45A5AD#45A5AD

#45A5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.090 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5AD
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -25.49, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 28.43, 206.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0828 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.09 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4490, 31.1902, 44.3116)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5AD #AD4D45

analogous

#45AD81 #45A5AD #4571AD

triadic

#45A5AD #AD45A5 #A5AD45

tetradic

#45A5AD #8145AD #AD4D45 #71AD45

square

#45A5AD #8145AD #AD4D45 #71AD45

split-complementary

#45A5AD #AD4571 #AD8145

monochromatic

#225255 #347B81 #45A5AD #6BBDC4 #97D1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#45A5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#45A5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5AD

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5AD	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.090 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0c5',
    500: '#45a5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5ad;
$custom-light: #84c0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66845,
    "c": 0.08978,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5AD

secondary

#C1908C

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5AD

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

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