#45B8A1#45B8A1

#45B8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.109 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8A1
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(168, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 12.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -37.85, 2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 37.91, 176.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.1087 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.109 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0247, 38.1166, 39.6970)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8A1 #B8455C

analogous

#45B868 #45B8A1 #4596B8

triadic

#45B8A1 #A145B8 #B8A145

tetradic

#45B8A1 #6845B8 #B8455C #96B845

square

#45B8A1 #6845B8 #B8455C #96B845

split-complementary

#45B8A1 #B84596 #B86845

monochromatic

#245F53 #348B7A #45B8A1 #71CAB8 #9DDACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#45B8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8A1

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8A1	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.109 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cebc',
    500: '#45b8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8a1;
$custom-light: #85cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71136,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8A1

secondary

#C7929D

accent

#536DD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8A1

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

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