#45AEA5#45AEA5

#45AEA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.097 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEA5
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 165)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -32.15, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 32.45, 187.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0961 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.097 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3788, 34.2514, 40.9164)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEA5 #AE454E

analogous

#45AE70 #45AEA5 #4583AE

triadic

#45AEA5 #A545AE #AEA545

tetradic

#45AEA5 #7045AE #AE454E #83AE45

square

#45AEA5 #7045AE #AE454E #83AE45

split-complementary

#45AEA5 #AE4583 #AE7045

monochromatic

#225652 #34827B #45AEA5 #6CC5BD #97D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#45AEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#45AEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEA5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEA5	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.097 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6bf',
    500: '#45aea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aea5;
$custom-light: #84c6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6878,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEA5

secondary

#C28D91

accent

#5560D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEA5

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

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