#45B8A5#45B8A5

#45B8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8A5
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -36.82, 0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 36.82, 179.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1068 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.107 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3831, 38.2600, 41.5845)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8A5 #B84558

analogous

#45B86C #45B8A5 #4592B8

triadic

#45B8A5 #A545B8 #B8A545

tetradic

#45B8A5 #6C45B8 #B84558 #92B845

square

#45B8A5 #6C45B8 #B84558 #92B845

split-complementary

#45B8A5 #B84592 #B86C45

monochromatic

#245F55 #348B7D #45B8A5 #71CABB #9DDAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#45B8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#45B8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8A5

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8A5	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cebf',
    500: '#45b8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8a5;
$custom-light: #86cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.087,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71257,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8A5

secondary

#C7929B

accent

#5368D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8A5

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

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