#45BDAF#45BDAF

#45BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDAF
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -36.48, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 36.59, 184.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1076 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.108 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3861, 40.7525, 46.9192)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDAF #BD4553

analogous

#45BD73 #45BDAF #458FBD

triadic

#45BDAF #AF45BD #BDAF45

tetradic

#45BDAF #7345BD #BD4553 #8FBD45

square

#45BDAF #7345BD #BD4553 #8FBD45

split-complementary

#45BDAF #BD458F #BD7345

monochromatic

#24645D #349186 #45BDAF #72CDC2 #9FDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#45BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDAF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDAF	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 184.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDAF

secondary

#CA949A

accent

#5160D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDAF

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

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