#45C5AC#45C5AC

#45C5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5AC
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 12.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -40.88, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 40.94, 176.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.1173 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.117 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8633, 44.1730, 45.9741)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5AC #C5455E

analogous

#45C56C #45C5AC #459EC5

triadic

#45C5AC #AC45C5 #C5AC45

tetradic

#45C5AC #6C45C5 #C5455E #9EC545

square

#45C5AC #6C45C5 #C5455E #9EC545

split-complementary

#45C5AC #C5459E #C56C45

monochromatic

#226D5F #319C87 #45C5AC #74D4C1 #A2E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#45C5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#45C5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5AC

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5AC	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7c4',
    500: '#45c5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5ac;
$custom-light: #88d7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.281,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74681,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5AC

secondary

#CF97A2

accent

#4C68DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5AC

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

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