#45AEB5#45AEB5

#45AEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEB5
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -27.66, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 30.38, 204.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.089 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.096 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9272, 34.8708, 49.0714)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEB5 #B54C45

analogous

#45B584 #45AEB5 #4576B5

triadic

#45AEB5 #B545AE #AEB545

tetradic

#45AEB5 #8445B5 #B54C45 #76B545

square

#45AEB5 #8445B5 #B54C45 #76B545

split-complementary

#45AEB5 #B54576 #B58445

monochromatic

#23595C #348389 #45AEB5 #6FC3C8 #9BD5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#45AEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#45AEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEB5

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEB5	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.096 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6cb',
    500: '#45aeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aeb5;
$custom-light: #86c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69335,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEB5

secondary

#C59491

accent

#5B53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEB5

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

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