#45B7AB#45B7AB

#45B7AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7AB
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 6.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -34.77, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 34.94, 185.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.103 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.104 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7351, 38.0696, 44.4594)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7AB #B74551

analogous

#45B772 #45B7AB #458AB7

triadic

#45B7AB #AB45B7 #B7AB45

tetradic

#45B7AB #7245B7 #B74551 #8AB745

square

#45B7AB #7245B7 #B74551 #8AB745

split-complementary

#45B7AB #B7458A #B77245

monochromatic

#235E58 #348B81 #45B7AB #70C9C0 #9DDAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B7AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#45B7AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7AB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7AB	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdc3',
    500: '#45b7ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7ab;
$custom-light: #86cdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7AB

secondary

#C69297

accent

#5361D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7AB

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

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