#45AEAD#45AEAD

#45AEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.095 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEAD
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -29.94, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 31.12, 195.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0925 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.095 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1298, 34.5518, 44.8719)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEAD #AE4546

analogous

#45AE79 #45AEAD #457AAE

triadic

#45AEAD #AD45AE #AEAD45

tetradic

#45AEAD #7945AE #AE4546 #7AAE45

square

#45AEAD #7945AE #AE4546 #7AAE45

split-complementary

#45AEAD #AE457A #AE7945

monochromatic

#225656 #348281 #45AEAD #6CC5C4 #97D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#45AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#45AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEAD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEAD	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.095 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6c5',
    500: '#45aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aead;
$custom-light: #85c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6905,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEAD

secondary

#C28D8D

accent

#5556D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEAD

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

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