#45C4B4#45C4B4

#45C4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4B4
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 180)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -38.36, -2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 38.42, 183.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.1126 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.113 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4286, 44.0370, 50.0675)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4B4 #C44555

analogous

#45C475 #45C4B4 #4595C4

triadic

#45C4B4 #B445C4 #C4B445

tetradic

#45C4B4 #7545C4 #C44555 #95C445

square

#45C4B4 #7545C4 #C44555 #95C445

split-complementary

#45C4B4 #C44595 #C47545

monochromatic

#226C63 #319B8D #45C4B4 #73D3C7 #A2E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#45C4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#45C4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4B4

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4B4	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6ca',
    500: '#45c4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4b4;
$custom-light: #88d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.441,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74677,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4B4

secondary

#CE979E

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4B4

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

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