#45BDAE#45BDAE

#45BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDAE
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -36.75, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 36.82, 183.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.108 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.108 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2883, 40.7133, 46.4038)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDAE #BD4554

analogous

#45BD72 #45BDAE #4590BD

triadic

#45BDAE #AE45BD #BDAE45

tetradic

#45BDAE #7245BD #BD4554 #90BD45

square

#45BDAE #7245BD #BD4554 #90BD45

split-complementary

#45BDAE #BD4590 #BD7245

monochromatic

#24645C #349186 #45BDAE #72CDC2 #9FDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#45BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDAE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDAE	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)

#B4B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c6',
    500: '#45bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdae;
$custom-light: #87d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDAE

secondary

#CA949B

accent

#5161D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDAE

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

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