#45B4A2#45B4A2

#45B4A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4A2
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 10%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -35.76, -0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 35.76, 180.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.1039 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.104 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2941, 36.5137, 39.8902)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4A2 #B44557

analogous

#45B46B #45B4A2 #458FB4

triadic

#45B4A2 #A245B4 #B4A245

tetradic

#45B4A2 #6B45B4 #B44557 #8FB445

square

#45B4A2 #6B45B4 #B44557 #8FB445

split-complementary

#45B4A2 #B4458F #B46B45

monochromatic

#235C52 #34887A #45B4A2 #6FC8B9 #9BD9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45B4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#45B4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4A2

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4A2	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)

#ADAAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbbd',
    500: '#45b4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4a2;
$custom-light: #85cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.27,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70172,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4A2

secondary

#C59099

accent

#5468D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4A2

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

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