#45AB9D#45AB9D

#45AB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.097 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AB9D
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -32.87, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 32.91, 182.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0964 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.097 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1002, 32.8230, 37.0098)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AB9D #AB4553

analogous

#45AB6A #45AB9D #4586AB

triadic

#45AB9D #9D45AB #AB9D45

tetradic

#45AB9D #6A45AB #AB4553 #86AB45

square

#45AB9D #6A45AB #AB4553 #86AB45

split-complementary

#45AB9D #AB4586 #AB6A45

monochromatic

#22544D #337F75 #45AB9D #6AC3B7 #96D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#45AB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#45AB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AB9D

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AB9D	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.097 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4b9',
    500: '#45ab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ab9d;
$custom-light: #83c4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67777,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AB9D

secondary

#C08B93

accent

#5667D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AB9D

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

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