#45B5AE#45B5AE

#45B5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.101 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5AE
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -33.02, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 33.53, 190.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0995 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.101 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6147, 37.3661, 45.8459)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5AE #B5454C

analogous

#45B576 #45B5AE #4584B5

triadic

#45B5AE #AE45B5 #B5AE45

tetradic

#45B5AE #7645B5 #B5454C #84B545

square

#45B5AE #7645B5 #B5454C #84B545

split-complementary

#45B5AE #B54584 #B57645

monochromatic

#235C59 #348983 #45B5AE #6FC8C3 #9BD9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#45B5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5AE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5AE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.101 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc6',
    500: '#45b5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5ae;
$custom-light: #86cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70803,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5AE

secondary

#C59194

accent

#535BD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5AE

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

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