#45BDAD#45BDAD

#45BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDAD
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -37.01, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 37.06, 182.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1085 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.109 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1912, 40.6745, 45.8923)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDAD #BD4555

analogous

#45BD71 #45BDAD #4591BD

triadic

#45BDAD #AD45BD #BDAD45

tetradic

#45BDAD #7145BD #BD4555 #91BD45

square

#45BDAD #7145BD #BD4555 #91BD45

split-complementary

#45BDAD #BD4591 #BD7145

monochromatic

#24645B #349185 #45BDAD #72CDC1 #9FDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#45BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDAD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDAD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c5',
    500: '#45bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdad;
$custom-light: #87d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDAD

secondary

#CA949B

accent

#5163D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDAD

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

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