#45B9AC#45B9AC

#45B9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9AC
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -35.44, -3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 35.57, 184.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.1047 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.105 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2462, 38.9388, 45.1018)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9AC #B94552

analogous

#45B972 #45B9AC #458CB9

triadic

#45B9AC #AC45B9 #B9AC45

tetradic

#45B9AC #7245B9 #B94552 #8CB945

square

#45B9AC #7245B9 #B94552 #8CB945

split-complementary

#45B9AC #B9458C #B97245

monochromatic

#246059 #348C83 #45B9AC #71CAC0 #9EDBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#45B9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9AC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9AC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec4',
    500: '#45b9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9ac;
$custom-light: #86cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.276,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71722,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9AC

secondary

#C79399

accent

#5261D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9AC

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

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