#45A8A8#45A8A8

#45A8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.091 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8A8
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -28.42, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 29.70, 196.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0882 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.091 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5217, 32.0952, 41.9936)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8A8 #A84545

analogous

#45A877 #45A8A8 #4577A8

triadic

#45A8A8 #A845A8 #A8A845

tetradic

#45A8A8 #7745A8 #A84545 #77A845

square

#45A8A8 #7745A8 #A84545 #77A845

split-complementary

#45A8A8 #A84577 #A87745

monochromatic

#215151 #337D7D #45A8A8 #69C1C1 #94D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#45A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#45A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8A8

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8A8	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.091 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2c1',
    500: '#45a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8a8;
$custom-light: #84c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67401,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8A8

secondary

#BF8A8A

accent

#5656D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8A8

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

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