#45B8AC#45B8AC

#45B8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.104 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8AC
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -34.97, -3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 35.14, 185.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.1036 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.104 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0377, 38.5219, 45.0323)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8AC #B84551

analogous

#45B872 #45B8AC #458BB8

triadic

#45B8AC #AC45B8 #B8AC45

tetradic

#45B8AC #7245B8 #B84551 #8BB845

square

#45B8AC #7245B8 #B84551 #8BB845

split-complementary

#45B8AC #B8458B #B87245

monochromatic

#245F59 #348B82 #45B8AC #71CAC0 #9DDAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#45B8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8AC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8AC	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)

#AFAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.104 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec4',
    500: '#45b8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8ac;
$custom-light: #86cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.739,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71476,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8AC

secondary

#C79298

accent

#5360D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8AC

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

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