#45A8A2#45A8A2

#45A8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.092 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8A2
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -30.09, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 30.60, 190.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0909 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.092 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9756, 31.8768, 39.1174)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8A2 #A8454B

analogous

#45A871 #45A8A2 #457DA8

triadic

#45A8A2 #A245A8 #A8A245

tetradic

#45A8A2 #7145A8 #A8454B #7DA845

square

#45A8A2 #7145A8 #A8454B #7DA845

split-complementary

#45A8A2 #A8457D #A87145

monochromatic

#21514E #337D78 #45A8A2 #69C1BC #94D3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#45A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#45A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8A2

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8A2	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.092 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2bd',
    500: '#45a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8a2;
$custom-light: #83c2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67195,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8A2

secondary

#BF8A8D

accent

#565ED2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8A2

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

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