#45C4AE#45C4AE

#45C4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4AE
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -39.92, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 39.93, 178.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.1153 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.115 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8305, 43.7978, 46.9179)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4AE #C4455B

analogous

#45C46E #45C4AE #459BC4

triadic

#45C4AE #AE45C4 #C4AE45

tetradic

#45C4AE #6E45C4 #C4455B #9BC445

square

#45C4AE #6E45C4 #C4455B #9BC445

split-complementary

#45C4AE #C4459B #C46E45

monochromatic

#226C5F #319B88 #45C4AE #73D3C2 #A2E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#45C4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#45C4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4AE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4AE	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)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6c6',
    500: '#45c4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4ae;
$custom-light: #88d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.606,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4AE

secondary

#CE97A0

accent

#4D65DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4AE

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

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