#45B8A3#45B8A3

#45B8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8A3
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -37.34, 1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 37.35, 178.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.1077 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.108 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2025, 38.1878, 40.6333)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8A3 #B8455A

analogous

#45B869 #45B8A3 #4594B8

triadic

#45B8A3 #A345B8 #B8A345

tetradic

#45B8A3 #6945B8 #B8455A #94B845

square

#45B8A3 #6945B8 #B8455A #94B845

split-complementary

#45B8A3 #B84594 #B86945

monochromatic

#245F54 #348B7C #45B8A3 #71CAB9 #9DDACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#45B8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#45B8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8A3

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8A3	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cebe',
    500: '#45b8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8a3;
$custom-light: #85cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.043,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71196,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8A3

secondary

#C7929C

accent

#536AD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8A3

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

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