#45B8A6#45B8A6

#45B8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8A6
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -36.56, -0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 36.56, 180.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1064 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.106 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4745, 38.2966, 42.0657)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8A6 #B84557

analogous

#45B86D #45B8A6 #4591B8

triadic

#45B8A6 #A645B8 #B8A645

tetradic

#45B8A6 #6D45B8 #B84557 #91B845

square

#45B8A6 #6D45B8 #B84557 #91B845

split-complementary

#45B8A6 #B84591 #B86D45

monochromatic

#245F56 #348B7E #45B8A6 #71CABC #9DDAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#45B8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8A6

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8A6	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec0',
    500: '#45b8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8a6;
$custom-light: #86cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.609,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71287,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8A6

secondary

#C7929A

accent

#5367D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8A6

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

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