#45B8A9#45B8A9

#45B8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8A9
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -35.77, -1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 35.82, 183.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.105 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.105 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7529, 38.4079, 43.5320)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8A9 #B84554

analogous

#45B870 #45B8A9 #458EB8

triadic

#45B8A9 #A945B8 #B8A945

tetradic

#45B8A9 #7045B8 #B84554 #8EB845

square

#45B8A9 #7045B8 #B84554 #8EB845

split-complementary

#45B8A9 #B8458E #B87045

monochromatic

#245F57 #348B80 #45B8A9 #71CABE #9DDAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#45B8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8A9

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8A9	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec2',
    500: '#45b8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8a9;
$custom-light: #86cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71381,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8A9

secondary

#C79299

accent

#5364D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8A9

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

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