#45A8AC#45A8AC

#45A8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.091 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8AC
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -27.28, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 29.30, 201.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0865 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.091 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9001, 32.2466, 43.9864)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8AC #AC4945

analogous

#45AC7D #45A8AC #4575AC

triadic

#45A8AC #AC45A8 #A8AC45

tetradic

#45A8AC #7D45AC #AC4945 #75AC45

square

#45A8AC #7D45AC #AC4945 #75AC45

split-complementary

#45A8AC #AC4575 #AC7D45

monochromatic

#225355 #337D80 #45A8AC #6BC0C4 #96D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#45A8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#45A8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8AC

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8AC	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.091 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2c4',
    500: '#45a8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8ac;
$custom-light: #84c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.33,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67543,
    "c": 0.09139,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8AC

secondary

#C18E8C

accent

#5A55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8AC

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

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