#45B9AE#45B9AE

#45B9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.104 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9AE
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -34.90, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 35.13, 186.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.1038 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.104 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4397, 39.0162, 46.1210)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9AE #B94550

analogous

#45B974 #45B9AE #458AB9

triadic

#45B9AE #AE45B9 #B9AE45

tetradic

#45B9AE #7445B9 #B94550 #8AB945

square

#45B9AE #7445B9 #B94550 #8AB945

split-complementary

#45B9AE #B9458A #B97445

monochromatic

#24605A #348C84 #45B9AE #71CAC2 #9EDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#45B9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9AE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9AE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.104 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec6',
    500: '#45b9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9ae;
$custom-light: #86cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.31,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71786,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9AE

secondary

#C79398

accent

#525FD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9AE

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

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