#45B9AF#45B9AF

#45B9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.104 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9AF
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -34.63, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 34.93, 187.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1033 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.104 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5376, 39.0553, 46.6363)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9AF #B9454F

analogous

#45B975 #45B9AF #4589B9

triadic

#45B9AF #AF45B9 #B9AF45

tetradic

#45B9AF #7545B9 #B9454F #89B945

square

#45B9AF #7545B9 #B9454F #89B945

split-complementary

#45B9AF #B94589 #B97545

monochromatic

#24605B #348C85 #45B9AF #71CAC2 #9EDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#45B9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9AF

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9AF	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.104 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec6',
    500: '#45b9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9af;
$custom-light: #86cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.828,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71819,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9AF

secondary

#C79397

accent

#525ED5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9AF

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

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