#45B8AF#45B8AF

#45B8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.103 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8AF
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -34.16, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 34.53, 188.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1023 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.103 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3291, 38.6384, 46.5668)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8AF #B8454E

analogous

#45B875 #45B8AF #4588B8

triadic

#45B8AF #AF45B8 #B8AF45

tetradic

#45B8AF #7545B8 #B8454E #88B845

square

#45B8AF #7545B8 #B8454E #88B845

split-complementary

#45B8AF #B84588 #B87545

monochromatic

#245F5A #348B85 #45B8AF #71CAC3 #9DDAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#45B8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8AF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8AF	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.103 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec6',
    500: '#45b8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8af;
$custom-light: #86cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.304,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71573,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8AF

secondary

#C79296

accent

#535DD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8AF

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

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