#45AE99#45AE99

#45AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AE99
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -35.32, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 35.36, 177.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.1016 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.102 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3374, 33.8348, 35.4317)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AE99 #AE455A

analogous

#45AE64 #45AE99 #458EAE

triadic

#45AE99 #9945AE #AE9945

tetradic

#45AE99 #6445AE #AE455A #8EAE45

square

#45AE99 #6445AE #AE455A #8EAE45

split-complementary

#45AE99 #AE458E #AE6445

monochromatic

#22564C #348272 #45AE99 #6CC5B3 #97D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#45AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#45AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AE99

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AE99	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)

#A8A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7b7',
    500: '#45ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ae99;
$custom-light: #84c7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68402,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AE99

secondary

#C28D98

accent

#556ED3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AE99

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

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