#45AE9B#45AE9B

#45AE9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.101 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AE9B
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 155)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -34.80, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 34.81, 178.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.1006 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.101 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5040, 33.9015, 36.3090)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AE9B #AE4558

analogous

#45AE67 #45AE9B #458CAE

triadic

#45AE9B #9B45AE #AE9B45

tetradic

#45AE9B #6745AE #AE4558 #8CAE45

square

#45AE9B #6745AE #AE4558 #8CAE45

split-complementary

#45AE9B #AE458C #AE6745

monochromatic

#22564D #348274 #45AE9B #6CC5B4 #97D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#45AE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#45AE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AE9B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AE9B	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97999D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ae9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.101 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6b8',
    500: '#45ae9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ae9b;
$custom-light: #84c6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ae9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68463,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AE9B

secondary

#C28D96

accent

#556CD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AE9B

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

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