#45B4AE#45B4AE

#45B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4AE
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -32.55, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 33.15, 190.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0985 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.1 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4121, 36.9609, 45.7784)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4AE #B4454B

analogous

#45B477 #45B4AE #4583B4

triadic

#45B4AE #AE45B4 #B4AE45

tetradic

#45B4AE #7745B4 #B4454B #83B445

square

#45B4AE #7745B4 #B4454B #83B445

split-complementary

#45B4AE #B44583 #B47745

monochromatic

#235C58 #348883 #45B4AE #6FC8C3 #9BD9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#45B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#45B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4AE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4AE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc6',
    500: '#45b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4ae;
$custom-light: #86cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.757,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70557,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4AE

secondary

#C59093

accent

#545AD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4AE

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

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