#45BDAB#45BDAB

#45BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDAB
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -37.54, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 37.55, 181.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1094 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.109 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9991, 40.5977, 44.8807)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDAB #BD4557

analogous

#45BD6F #45BDAB #4593BD

triadic

#45BDAB #AB45BD #BDAB45

tetradic

#45BDAB #6F45BD #BD4557 #93BD45

square

#45BDAB #6F45BD #BD4557 #93BD45

split-complementary

#45BDAB #BD4593 #BD6F45

monochromatic

#24645A #349183 #45BDAB #72CDBF #9FDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#45BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDAB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDAB	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c3',
    500: '#45bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdab;
$custom-light: #87d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDAB

secondary

#CA949C

accent

#5165D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDAB

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

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