#45B2A8#45B2A8

#45B2A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2A8
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 168)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -33.24, -4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 33.49, 187.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.099 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.1 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4393, 35.9305, 42.6328)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2A8 #B2454F

analogous

#45B271 #45B2A8 #4585B2

triadic

#45B2A8 #A845B2 #B2A845

tetradic

#45B2A8 #7145B2 #B2454F #85B245

square

#45B2A8 #7145B2 #B2454F #85B245

split-complementary

#45B2A8 #B24585 #B27145

monochromatic

#235A55 #34867E #45B2A8 #6EC7BE #9AD8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#45B2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#45B2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2A8

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2A8	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9c1',
    500: '#45b2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2a8;
$custom-light: #85c9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.495,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69867,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2A8

secondary

#C48F94

accent

#5460D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2A8

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

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