#45AAB8#45AAB8

#45AAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.094 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AAB8
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 184)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -24.78, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 29.44, 212.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0835 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.094 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4771, 33.4727, 50.4563)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AAB8 #B85345

analogous

#45B88C #45AAB8 #4571B8

triadic

#45AAB8 #B845AA #AAB845

tetradic

#45AAB8 #8C45B8 #B85345 #71B845

square

#45AAB8 #8C45B8 #B85345 #71B845

split-complementary

#45AAB8 #B84571 #B88C45

monochromatic

#24585F #34818B #45AAB8 #71BFCA #9DD3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#45AAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#45AAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AAB8

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AAB8	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.094 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3cd',
    500: '#45aab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aab8;
$custom-light: #85c3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.304,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68475,
    "c": 0.09443,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AAB8

secondary

#C79992

accent

#6353D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AAB8

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

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