#45BAAD#45BAAD

#45BAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAAD
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -35.63, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 35.77, 184.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1053 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.106 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5525, 39.3972, 45.6794)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAAD #BA4552

analogous

#45BA72 #45BAAD #458DBA

triadic

#45BAAD #AD45BA #BAAD45

tetradic

#45BAAD #7245BA #BA4552 #8DBA45

square

#45BAAD #7245BA #BA4552 #8DBA45

split-complementary

#45BAAD #BA458D #BA7245

monochromatic

#24615A #348D83 #45BAAD #72CBC1 #9EDBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#45BAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#45BAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAAD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAAD	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45baad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfc5',
    500: '#45baad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45baad;
$custom-light: #86cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45baad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAAD

secondary

#C89399

accent

#5261D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAAD

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

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