#45B8AB#45B8AB

#45B8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8AB
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -35.24, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 35.36, 184.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1041 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.104 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9421, 38.4836, 44.5284)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8AB #B84552

analogous

#45B871 #45B8AB #458CB8

triadic

#45B8AB #AB45B8 #B8AB45

tetradic

#45B8AB #7145B8 #B84552 #8CB845

square

#45B8AB #7145B8 #B84552 #8CB845

split-complementary

#45B8AB #B8458C #B87145

monochromatic

#245F58 #348B82 #45B8AB #71CAC0 #9DDAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#45B8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8AB

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8AB	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec3',
    500: '#45b8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8ab;
$custom-light: #86cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.217,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71444,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8AB

secondary

#C79298

accent

#5361D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8AB

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

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