#45B4AA#45B4AA

#45B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.101 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4AA
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -33.64, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 33.91, 187.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.1003 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.101 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0279, 36.8073, 43.7552)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4AA #B4454F

analogous

#45B473 #45B4AA #4587B4

triadic

#45B4AA #AA45B4 #B4AA45

tetradic

#45B4AA #7345B4 #B4454F #87B445

square

#45B4AA #7345B4 #B4454F #87B445

split-complementary

#45B4AA #B44587 #B47345

monochromatic

#235C56 #348880 #45B4AA #6FC8C0 #9BD9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#45B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#45B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4AA

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4AA	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.101 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbc3',
    500: '#45b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4aa;
$custom-light: #85cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.595,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70425,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4AA

secondary

#C59095

accent

#545FD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4AA

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

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