#45BEA8#45BEA8

#45BEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BEA8
RGB	rgb(69, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -38.77, 1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 38.79, 178.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1118 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.112 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9322, 40.9163, 43.4638)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BEA8 #BE455B

analogous

#45BE6B #45BEA8 #4597BE

triadic

#45BEA8 #A845BE #BEA845

tetradic

#45BEA8 #6B45BE #BE455B #97BE45

square

#45BEA8 #6B45BE #BE455B #97BE45

split-complementary

#45BEA8 #BE4597 #BE6B45

monochromatic

#236559 #339381 #45BEA8 #72CEBD #A0DED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#45BEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BEA8

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BEA8	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2c1',
    500: '#45bea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bea8;
$custom-light: #86d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72833,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BEA8

secondary

#CA959E

accent

#5069D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BEA8

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

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