#45AF9B#45AF9B

#45AF9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AF9B
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 155)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 11.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -35.27, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 35.29, 178.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.1017 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.102 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6979, 34.2893, 36.3736)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AF9B #AF4559

analogous

#45AF66 #45AF9B #458EAF

triadic

#45AF9B #9B45AF #AF9B45

tetradic

#45AF9B #6645AF #AF4559 #8EAF45

square

#45AF9B #6645AF #AF4559 #8EAF45

split-complementary

#45AF9B #AF458E #AF6645

monochromatic

#22574D #348374 #45AF9B #6CC5B4 #98D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#45AF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#45AF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AF9B

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AF9B	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45af9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7b8',
    500: '#45af9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45af9b;
$custom-light: #84c7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45af9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68713,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AF9B

secondary

#C28D97

accent

#556CD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AF9B

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

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