#45C3B8#45C3B8

#45C3B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3B8
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 184)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -36.83, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 37.13, 187.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.1098 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.111 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6171, 43.7527, 52.1697)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3B8 #C34550

analogous

#45C379 #45C3B8 #458FC3

triadic

#45C3B8 #B845C3 #C3B845

tetradic

#45C3B8 #7945C3 #C34550 #8FC345

square

#45C3B8 #7945C3 #C34550 #8FC345

split-complementary

#45C3B8 #C3458F #C37945

monochromatic

#236B65 #319990 #45C3B8 #73D2CA #A2E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#45C3B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#45C3B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3B8

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3B8	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5cd',
    500: '#45c3b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3b8;
$custom-light: #88d5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.762,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74559,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3B8

secondary

#CE969B

accent

#4D59DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3B8

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

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