#45A8A3#45A8A3

#45A8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.092 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8A3
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -29.81, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 30.43, 191.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0904 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.092 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0648, 31.9125, 39.5874)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8A3 #A8454A

analogous

#45A872 #45A8A3 #457CA8

triadic

#45A8A3 #A345A8 #A8A345

tetradic

#45A8A3 #7245A8 #A8454A #7CA845

square

#45A8A3 #7245A8 #A8454A #7CA845

split-complementary

#45A8A3 #A8457C #A87245

monochromatic

#21514F #337D79 #45A8A3 #69C1BD #94D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#45A8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#45A8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8A3

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8A3	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#9FA0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.092 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2be',
    500: '#45a8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8a3;
$custom-light: #83c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.97,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67229,
    "c": 0.092,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8A3

secondary

#BF8A8D

accent

#565CD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8A3

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

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