#45B8A8#45B8A8

#45B8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8A8
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -36.04, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 36.06, 182.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1054 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.106 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6594, 38.3705, 43.0395)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8A8 #B84555

analogous

#45B86E #45B8A8 #458FB8

triadic

#45B8A8 #A845B8 #B8A845

tetradic

#45B8A8 #6E45B8 #B84555 #8FB845

square

#45B8A8 #6E45B8 #B84555 #8FB845

split-complementary

#45B8A8 #B8458F #B86E45

monochromatic

#245F57 #348B7F #45B8A8 #71CABD #9DDAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#45B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8A8

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8A8	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec1',
    500: '#45b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8a8;
$custom-light: #86cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.652,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71349,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8A8

secondary

#C79299

accent

#5365D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8A8

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

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