#45C3B3#45C3B3

#45C3B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.112 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3B3
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 179)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -38.17, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 38.23, 183.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.112 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.112 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1022, 43.5468, 49.4580)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3B3 #C34555

analogous

#45C374 #45C3B3 #4594C3

triadic

#45C3B3 #B345C3 #C3B345

tetradic

#45C3B3 #7445C3 #C34555 #94C345

square

#45C3B3 #7445C3 #C34555 #94C345

split-complementary

#45C3B3 #C34594 #C37445

monochromatic

#236B62 #31998C #45C3B3 #73D2C6 #A2E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#45C3B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#45C3B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3B3

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3B3	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.112 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6c9',
    500: '#45c3b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3b3;
$custom-light: #88d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.381,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74401,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3B3

secondary

#CE969D

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3B3

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

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