#45B0AE#45B0AE

#45B0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.097 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0AE
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -30.63, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 31.68, 194.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0942 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.097 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6162, 35.3692, 45.5131)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0AE #B04547

analogous

#45B079 #45B0AE #457CB0

triadic

#45B0AE #AE45B0 #B0AE45

tetradic

#45B0AE #7945B0 #B04547 #7CB045

square

#45B0AE #7945B0 #B04547 #7CB045

split-complementary

#45B0AE #B0457C #B07945

monochromatic

#235857 #348483 #45B0AE #6DC6C4 #99D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#45B0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#45B0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0AE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0AE	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)

#A6A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.097 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c8c6',
    500: '#45b0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0ae;
$custom-light: #85c8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.879,
    "s": 43.673,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69575,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0AE

secondary

#C38E8F

accent

#5457D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0AE

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

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