#45A8A0#45A8A0

#45A8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.093 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8A0
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -30.64, -4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 30.97, 188.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0918 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.093 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7992, 31.8062, 38.1886)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8A0 #A8454D

analogous

#45A86F #45A8A0 #457FA8

triadic

#45A8A0 #A045A8 #A8A045

tetradic

#45A8A0 #6F45A8 #A8454D #7FA845

square

#45A8A0 #6F45A8 #A8454D #7FA845

split-complementary

#45A8A0 #A8457F #A86F45

monochromatic

#21514D #337D77 #45A8A0 #69C1BA #94D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#45A8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#45A8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8A0

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8A0	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.093 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2bc',
    500: '#45a8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8a0;
$custom-light: #83c2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.152,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67128,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8A0

secondary

#BF8A8E

accent

#5660D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8A0

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

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