#45C5AE#45C5AE

#45C5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5AE
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -40.37, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 40.39, 178.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.1163 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.116 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0568, 44.2504, 46.9933)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5AE #C5455C

analogous

#45C56E #45C5AE #459CC5

triadic

#45C5AE #AE45C5 #C5AE45

tetradic

#45C5AE #6E45C5 #C5455C #9CC545

square

#45C5AE #6E45C5 #C5455C #9CC545

split-complementary

#45C5AE #C5459C #C56E45

monochromatic

#226D60 #319C89 #45C5AE #74D4C2 #A2E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#45C5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#45C5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5AE

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5AE	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7c6',
    500: '#45c5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5ae;
$custom-light: #88d7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.219,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7474,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5AE

secondary

#CF97A1

accent

#4C66DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5AE

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

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