#45B8AE#45B8AE

#45B8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.104 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8AE
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -34.43, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 34.73, 187.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1027 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.104 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2313, 38.5993, 46.0515)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8AE #B8454F

analogous

#45B875 #45B8AE #4588B8

triadic

#45B8AE #AE45B8 #B8AE45

tetradic

#45B8AE #7545B8 #B8454F #88B845

square

#45B8AE #7545B8 #B8454F #88B845

split-complementary

#45B8AE #B84588 #B87545

monochromatic

#245F5A #348B84 #45B8AE #71CAC2 #9DDAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#45B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8AE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8AE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.104 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec6',
    500: '#45b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8ae;
$custom-light: #86cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8AE

secondary

#C79297

accent

#535ED5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8AE

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

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