#45ACAF#45ACAF

#45ACAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.094 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACAF
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -28.40, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 30.25, 200.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0895 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.094 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9413, 33.8628, 45.7709)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACAF #AF4845

analogous

#45AF7D #45ACAF #4577AF

triadic

#45ACAF #AF45AC #ACAF45

tetradic

#45ACAF #7D45AF #AF4845 #77AF45

square

#45ACAF #7D45AF #AF4845 #77AF45

split-complementary

#45ACAF #AF4577 #AF7D45

monochromatic

#225657 #348183 #45ACAF #6CC3C5 #98D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#45ACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#45ACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACAF

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACAF	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)

#A1A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.094 197.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.698,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6863,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACAF

secondary

#C28F8D

accent

#5855D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACAF

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

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