#45AC9E#45AC9E

#45AC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.097 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AC9E
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 158)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -33.08, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 33.12, 182.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0971 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.097 183)
XYZ	xyz(23.3755, 33.2365, 37.5245)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AC9E #AC4553

analogous

#45AC6B #45AC9E #4586AC

triadic

#45AC9E #9E45AC #AC9E45

tetradic

#45AC9E #6B45AC #AC4553 #86AC45

square

#45AC9E #6B45AC #AC4553 #86AC45

split-complementary

#45AC9E #AC4586 #AC6B45

monochromatic

#22554E #338076 #45AC9E #6BC4B7 #96D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#45AC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#45AC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AC9E

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AC9E	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ac9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.097 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5ba',
    500: '#45ac9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ac9e;
$custom-light: #84c5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ac9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.845,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68057,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.33239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AC9E

secondary

#C18C93

accent

#5566D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AC9E

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

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