#45AB9B#45AB9B

#45AB9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.097 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AB9B
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 155)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 9.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -33.40, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 33.40, 181.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0974 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.097 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9309, 32.7553, 36.1179)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AB9B #AB4555

analogous

#45AB68 #45AB9B #4588AB

triadic

#45AB9B #9B45AB #AB9B45

tetradic

#45AB9B #6845AB #AB4555 #88AB45

square

#45AB9B #6845AB #AB4555 #88AB45

split-complementary

#45AB9B #AB4588 #AB6845

monochromatic

#22544C #337F73 #45AB9B #6AC3B5 #96D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#45AB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#45AB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AB9B

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AB9B	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94969C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ab9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.097 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4b8',
    500: '#45ab9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ab9b;
$custom-light: #83c4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ab9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.588,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67714,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AB9B

secondary

#C08B94

accent

#5669D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AB9B

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

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