#45AEC0#45AEC0

#45AEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.098 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEC0
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -24.41, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 30.40, 216.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0844 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.098 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1008, 35.3402, 55.2520)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEC0 #C05745

analogous

#45C094 #45AEC0 #4570C0

triadic

#45AEC0 #C045AE #AEC045

tetradic

#45AEC0 #9445C0 #C05745 #70C045

square

#45AEC0 #9445C0 #C05745 #70C045

split-complementary

#45AEC0 #C04570 #C09445

monochromatic

#235E68 #338795 #45AEC0 #73C2CF #A0D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#45AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#45AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEC0

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEC0	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.098 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6d3',
    500: '#45aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aec0;
$custom-light: #87c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEC0

secondary

#CC9D95

accent

#634FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEC0

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

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