#45C5B3#45C5B3

#45C5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5B3
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 179)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 9.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -39.07, -1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 39.09, 181.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.1141 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.114 182)
XYZ	xyz(30.5534, 44.4490, 49.6084)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5B3 #C54557

analogous

#45C573 #45C5B3 #4597C5

triadic

#45C5B3 #B345C5 #C5B345

tetradic

#45C5B3 #7345C5 #C54557 #97C545

square

#45C5B3 #7345C5 #C54557 #97C545

split-complementary

#45C5B3 #C54597 #C57345

monochromatic

#226D63 #319C8D #45C5B3 #74D4C6 #A2E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#45C5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#45C5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5B3

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5B3	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7c9',
    500: '#45c5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5b3;
$custom-light: #88d7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.563,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74892,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.44452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5B3

secondary

#CF979F

accent

#4C60DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5B3

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

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