#45BDA9#45BDA9

#45BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDA9
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -38.06, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 38.06, 179.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1103 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.11 180)
XYZ	xyz(27.8099, 40.5220, 43.8843)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDA9 #BD4559

analogous

#45BD6D #45BDA9 #4595BD

triadic

#45BDA9 #A945BD #BDA945

tetradic

#45BDA9 #6D45BD #BD4559 #95BD45

square

#45BDA9 #6D45BD #BD4559 #95BD45

split-complementary

#45BDA9 #BD4595 #BD6D45

monochromatic

#246459 #349182 #45BDA9 #72CDBE #9FDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#45BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDA9

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDA9	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c2',
    500: '#45bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bda9;
$custom-light: #86d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.40525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDA9

secondary

#CA949D

accent

#5167D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDA9

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

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