#45A8A4#45A8A4

#45A8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.092 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8A4
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -29.54, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 30.26, 192.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.09 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.092 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1548, 31.9484, 40.0612)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8A4 #A84549

analogous

#45A873 #45A8A4 #457BA8

triadic

#45A8A4 #A445A8 #A8A445

tetradic

#45A8A4 #7345A8 #A84549 #7BA845

square

#45A8A4 #7345A8 #A84549 #7BA845

split-complementary

#45A8A4 #A8457B #A87345

monochromatic

#21514F #337D7A #45A8A4 #69C1BE #94D3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#45A8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#45A8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8A4

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8A4	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.092 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2be',
    500: '#45a8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8a4;
$custom-light: #84c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.576,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67262,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8A4

secondary

#BF8A8C

accent

#565BD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8A4

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

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