#45B7A8#45B7A8

#45B7A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7A8
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -35.57, -1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 35.62, 183.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.1044 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.105 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4524, 37.9565, 42.9705)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7A8 #B74554

analogous

#45B76F #45B7A8 #458DB7

triadic

#45B7A8 #A845B7 #B7A845

tetradic

#45B7A8 #6F45B7 #B74554 #8DB745

square

#45B7A8 #6F45B7 #B74554 #8DB745

split-complementary

#45B7A8 #B7458D #B76F45

monochromatic

#235E56 #348B7F #45B7A8 #70C9BD #9DDAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B7A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#45B7A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7A8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7A8	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdc1',
    500: '#45b7a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7a8;
$custom-light: #86cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71102,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7A8

secondary

#C69299

accent

#5364D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7A8

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

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