#45B9A2#45B9A2

#45B9A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9A2
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 12.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -38.05, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 38.10, 176.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1093 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.109 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3217, 38.5690, 40.2328)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9A2 #B9455C

analogous

#45B968 #45B9A2 #4596B9

triadic

#45B9A2 #A245B9 #B9A245

tetradic

#45B9A2 #6845B9 #B9455C #96B945

square

#45B9A2 #6845B9 #B9455C #96B945

split-complementary

#45B9A2 #B94596 #B96845

monochromatic

#246054 #348C7B #45B9A2 #71CAB8 #9EDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#45B9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9A2

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9A2	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cebd',
    500: '#45b9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9a2;
$custom-light: #85cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.103,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71414,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9A2

secondary

#C7939D

accent

#526CD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9A2

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

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