#45AEB8#45AEB8

#45AEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.096 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEB8
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -26.78, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 30.26, 207.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0878 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.096 204)
XYZ	xyz(26.2384, 34.9952, 50.7101)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEB8 #B84F45

analogous

#45B888 #45AEB8 #4575B8

triadic

#45AEB8 #B845AE #AEB845

tetradic

#45AEB8 #8845B8 #B84F45 #75B845

square

#45AEB8 #8845B8 #B84F45 #75B845

split-complementary

#45AEB8 #B84575 #B88845

monochromatic

#245A5F #34848B #45AEB8 #71C2CA #9DD5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#45AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#45AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEB8

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEB8	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.096 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6cd',
    500: '#45aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aeb8;
$custom-light: #86c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69445,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.34998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEB8

secondary

#C79792

accent

#5E53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEB8

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

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