#45B3AC#45B3AC

#45B3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.100 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3AC
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -32.62, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 33.12, 189.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0983 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.1 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0174, 36.4812, 44.6922)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3AC #B3454C

analogous

#45B375 #45B3AC #4583B3

triadic

#45B3AC #AC45B3 #B3AC45

tetradic

#45B3AC #7545B3 #B3454C #83B345

square

#45B3AC #7545B3 #B3454C #83B345

split-complementary

#45B3AC #B34583 #B37545

monochromatic

#235B57 #348782 #45B3AC #6EC7C1 #9AD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45B3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#45B3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3AC

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3AC	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.100 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cac4',
    500: '#45b3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3ac;
$custom-light: #85cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70245,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3AC

secondary

#C48F93

accent

#545CD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3AC

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

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