#45C5B4#45C5B4

#45C5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5B4
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 180)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -38.81, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 38.85, 182.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.1136 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.114 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6549, 44.4896, 50.1430)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5B4 #C54556

analogous

#45C574 #45C5B4 #4596C5

triadic

#45C5B4 #B445C5 #C5B445

tetradic

#45C5B4 #7445C5 #C54556 #96C545

square

#45C5B4 #7445C5 #C54556 #96C545

split-complementary

#45C5B4 #C54596 #C57445

monochromatic

#226D63 #319C8E #45C5B4 #74D4C7 #A2E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#45C5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#45C5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5B4

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5B4	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7ca',
    500: '#45c5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5b4;
$custom-light: #88d7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.031,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74922,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5B4

secondary

#CF979E

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5B4

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

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