#45B3AD#45B3AD

#45B3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.099 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3AD
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -32.35, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 32.94, 190.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0979 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.099 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1138, 36.5198, 45.1999)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3AD #B3454B

analogous

#45B376 #45B3AD #4582B3

triadic

#45B3AD #AD45B3 #B3AD45

tetradic

#45B3AD #7645B3 #B3454B #82B345

square

#45B3AD #7645B3 #B3454B #82B345

split-complementary

#45B3AD #B34582 #B37645

monochromatic

#235B58 #348782 #45B3AD #6EC7C2 #9AD8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45B3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#45B3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3AD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3AD	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)

#A9AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.099 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cac5',
    500: '#45b3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3ad;
$custom-light: #85cac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.727,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70278,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3AD

secondary

#C48F92

accent

#545BD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3AD

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

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