#45AEB9#45AEB9

#45AEB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.096 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEB9
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -26.49, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 30.25, 208.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0873 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.096 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3435, 35.0373, 51.2641)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEB9 #B95045

analogous

#45B98A #45AEB9 #4574B9

triadic

#45AEB9 #B945AE #AEB945

tetradic

#45AEB9 #8A45B9 #B95045 #74B945

square

#45AEB9 #8A45B9 #B95045 #74B945

split-complementary

#45AEB9 #B94574 #B98A45

monochromatic

#245A60 #34848C #45AEB9 #71C2CA #9ED5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#45AEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#45AEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEB9

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEB9	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.096 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6ce',
    500: '#45aeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aeb9;
$custom-light: #86c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69482,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEB9

secondary

#C79893

accent

#5F52D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEB9

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

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