#45B5AB#45B5AB

#45B5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5AB
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 5.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -33.84, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 34.11, 187.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.1009 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.102 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3255, 37.2504, 44.3229)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5AB #B5454F

analogous

#45B573 #45B5AB #4587B5

triadic

#45B5AB #AB45B5 #B5AB45

tetradic

#45B5AB #7345B5 #B5454F #87B545

square

#45B5AB #7345B5 #B5454F #87B545

split-complementary

#45B5AB #B54587 #B57345

monochromatic

#235C57 #348981 #45B5AB #6FC8C0 #9BD9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#45B5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#45B5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5AB

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5AB	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc3',
    500: '#45b5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5ab;
$custom-light: #86cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.643,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70704,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5AB

secondary

#C59195

accent

#535FD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5AB

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

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