#45AEA8#45AEA8

#45AEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.096 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEA8
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -31.33, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 31.89, 190.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0947 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.096 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6551, 34.3619, 42.3714)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEA8 #AE454B

analogous

#45AE73 #45AEA8 #4580AE

triadic

#45AEA8 #A845AE #AEA845

tetradic

#45AEA8 #7345AE #AE454B #80AE45

square

#45AEA8 #7345AE #AE454B #80AE45

split-complementary

#45AEA8 #AE4580 #AE7345

monochromatic

#225653 #34827E #45AEA8 #6CC5BF #97D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#45AEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#45AEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEA8

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEA8	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.096 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6c1',
    500: '#45aea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aea8;
$custom-light: #84c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68879,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEA8

secondary

#C28D90

accent

#555CD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEA8

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

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