#45C4AC#45C4AC

#45C4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4AC
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 172)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 12.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -40.43, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 40.48, 177.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.1162 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.116 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6370, 43.7204, 45.8987)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4AC #C4455D

analogous

#45C46C #45C4AC #459DC4

triadic

#45C4AC #AC45C4 #C4AC45

tetradic

#45C4AC #6C45C4 #C4455D #9DC445

square

#45C4AC #6C45C4 #C4455D #9DC445

split-complementary

#45C4AC #C4459D #C46C45

monochromatic

#226C5E #319B87 #45C4AC #73D3C1 #A2E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#45C4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#45C4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4AC

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4AC	1.00	2.15	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6c4',
    500: '#45c4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4ac;
$custom-light: #87d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.661,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74434,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4AC

secondary

#CE97A1

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4AC

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

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