#45C3B9#45C3B9

#45C3B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3B9
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 185)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -36.56, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 36.92, 188.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.1093 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.11 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7223, 43.7948, 52.7237)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3B9 #C3454F

analogous

#45C37A #45C3B9 #458EC3

triadic

#45C3B9 #B945C3 #C3B945

tetradic

#45C3B9 #7A45C3 #C3454F #8EC345

square

#45C3B9 #7A45C3 #C3454F #8EC345

split-complementary

#45C3B9 #C3458E #C37A45

monochromatic

#236B65 #319991 #45C3B9 #73D2CA #A2E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#45C3B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#45C3B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3B9

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3B9	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5ce',
    500: '#45c3b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3b9;
$custom-light: #88d5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.238,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3B9

secondary

#CE969B

accent

#4D58DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3B9

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

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