#45B8AA#45B8AA

#45B8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8AA
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -35.51, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 35.59, 183.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1045 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.105 184)
XYZ	xyz(26.8471, 38.4456, 44.0283)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8AA #B84553

analogous

#45B871 #45B8AA #458CB8

triadic

#45B8AA #AA45B8 #B8AA45

tetradic

#45B8AA #7145B8 #B84553 #8CB845

square

#45B8AA #7145B8 #B84553 #8CB845

split-complementary

#45B8AA #B8458C #B87145

monochromatic

#245F58 #348B81 #45B8AA #71CABF #9DDAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#45B8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8AA

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8AA	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec3',
    500: '#45b8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8aa;
$custom-light: #86cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71412,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.38448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8AA

secondary

#C79299

accent

#5363D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8AA

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

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