#45B5AC#45B5AC

#45B5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.101 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5AC
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -33.57, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 33.91, 188.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.1004 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.101 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4212, 37.2887, 44.8267)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5AC #B5454E

analogous

#45B574 #45B5AC #4586B5

triadic

#45B5AC #AC45B5 #B5AC45

tetradic

#45B5AC #7445B5 #B5454E #86B545

square

#45B5AC #7445B5 #B5454E #86B545

split-complementary

#45B5AC #B54586 #B57445

monochromatic

#235C58 #348982 #45B5AC #6FC8C1 #9BD9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#45B5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5AC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5AC	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.101 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc4',
    500: '#45b5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5ac;
$custom-light: #86cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.179,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5AC

secondary

#C59195

accent

#535ED5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5AC

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

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