#45B9AB#45B9AB

#45B9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9AB
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -35.70, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 35.79, 184.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1051 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.105 184)
XYZ	xyz(27.1505, 38.9005, 44.5979)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9AB #B94553

analogous

#45B971 #45B9AB #458DB9

triadic

#45B9AB #AB45B9 #B9AB45

tetradic

#45B9AB #7145B9 #B94553 #8DB945

square

#45B9AB #7145B9 #B94553 #8DB945

split-complementary

#45B9AB #B9458D #B97145

monochromatic

#246059 #348C82 #45B9AB #71CABF #9EDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#45B9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9AB

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9AB	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec3',
    500: '#45b9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9ab;
$custom-light: #86cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.759,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71691,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9AB

secondary

#C79399

accent

#5262D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9AB

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

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