#45ACAE#45ACAE

#45ACAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.094 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACAE
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -28.68, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 30.35, 199.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0899 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.094 197)
XYZ	xyz(24.8435, 33.8237, 45.2555)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACAE #AE4745

analogous

#45AE7C #45ACAE #4577AE

triadic

#45ACAE #AE45AC #ACAE45

tetradic

#45ACAE #7C45AE #AE4745 #77AE45

square

#45ACAE #7C45AE #AE4745 #77AE45

split-complementary

#45ACAE #AE4577 #AE7C45

monochromatic

#225556 #348182 #45ACAE #6CC3C5 #97D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#45ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#45ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACAE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACAE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.094 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5c6',
    500: '#45acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acae;
$custom-light: #85c5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68595,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.33826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACAE

secondary

#C28E8D

accent

#5755D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACAE

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

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