#45C4B5#45C4B5

#45C4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4B5
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 181)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -38.09, -2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 38.19, 184.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.1121 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.112 184)
XYZ	xyz(30.5308, 44.0779, 50.6060)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4B5 #C44554

analogous

#45C475 #45C4B5 #4594C4

triadic

#45C4B5 #B545C4 #C4B545

tetradic

#45C4B5 #7545C4 #C44554 #94C445

square

#45C4B5 #7545C4 #C44554 #94C445

split-complementary

#45C4B5 #C44594 #C47545

monochromatic

#226C64 #319B8E #45C4B5 #73D3C7 #A2E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#45C4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#45C4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4B5

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4B5	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6cb',
    500: '#45c4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4b5;
$custom-light: #88d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.913,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74709,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.44081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4B5

secondary

#CE979D

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4B5

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

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