#45B1AA#45B1AA

#45B1AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.098 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1AA
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 170)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -32.22, -5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 32.70, 189.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0971 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.098 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4289, 35.6091, 43.5555)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1AA #B1454C

analogous

#45B174 #45B1AA #4582B1

triadic

#45B1AA #AA45B1 #B1AA45

tetradic

#45B1AA #7445B1 #B1454C #82B145

square

#45B1AA #7445B1 #B1454C #82B145

split-complementary

#45B1AA #B14582 #B17445

monochromatic

#235955 #348580 #45B1AA #6DC6C0 #99D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#45B1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#45B1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1AA

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1AA	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.098 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9c3',
    500: '#45b1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1aa;
$custom-light: #85c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.111,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69686,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1AA

secondary

#C38E92

accent

#545CD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1AA

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

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