#45B3AB#45B3AB

#45B3AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.100 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3AB
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -32.89, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 33.30, 189.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0988 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.1 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9217, 36.4429, 44.1883)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3AB #B3454D

analogous

#45B374 #45B3AB #4584B3

triadic

#45B3AB #AB45B3 #B3AB45

tetradic

#45B3AB #7445B3 #B3454D #84B345

square

#45B3AB #7445B3 #B3454D #84B345

split-complementary

#45B3AB #B34584 #B37445

monochromatic

#235B57 #348781 #45B3AB #6EC7C1 #9AD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45B3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#45B3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3AB

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3AB	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.100 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cac4',
    500: '#45b3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3ab;
$custom-light: #85cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70212,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3AB

secondary

#C48F93

accent

#545DD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3AB

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

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