#45B3AF#45B3AF

#45B3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.099 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3AF
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -31.79, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 32.61, 192.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.097 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.099 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3088, 36.5978, 46.2267)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3AF #B34549

analogous

#45B378 #45B3AF #4580B3

triadic

#45B3AF #AF45B3 #B3AF45

tetradic

#45B3AF #7845B3 #B34549 #80B345

square

#45B3AF #7845B3 #B34549 #80B345

split-complementary

#45B3AF #B34580 #B37845

monochromatic

#235B59 #348784 #45B3AF #6EC7C4 #9AD8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#45B3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#45B3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3AF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3AF	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.099 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cac6',
    500: '#45b3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3af;
$custom-light: #86cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70346,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3AF

secondary

#C48F91

accent

#5458D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3AF

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

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