#45B4AF#45B4AF

#45B4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4AF
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 175)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -32.27, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 32.98, 191.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.098 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.1 191)
XYZ	xyz(26.5099, 37.0001, 46.2937)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4AF #B4454A

analogous

#45B478 #45B4AF #4582B4

triadic

#45B4AF #AF45B4 #B4AF45

tetradic

#45B4AF #7845B4 #B4454A #82B445

square

#45B4AF #7845B4 #B4454A #82B445

split-complementary

#45B4AF #B44582 #B47845

monochromatic

#235C59 #348884 #45B4AF #6FC8C4 #9BD9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#45B4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#45B4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4AF

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4AF	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc6',
    500: '#45b4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4af;
$custom-light: #86cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.297,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.37003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4AF

secondary

#C59092

accent

#5459D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4AF

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

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