#45C5B5#45C5B5

#45C5B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.113 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5B5
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 181)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 8.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -38.55, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 38.61, 183.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.1132 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.113 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7571, 44.5305, 50.6814)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5B5 #C54555

analogous

#45C575 #45C5B5 #4595C5

triadic

#45C5B5 #B545C5 #C5B545

tetradic

#45C5B5 #7545C5 #C54555 #95C545

square

#45C5B5 #7545C5 #C54555 #95C545

split-complementary

#45C5B5 #C54595 #C57545

monochromatic

#226D64 #319C8F #45C5B5 #74D4C8 #A2E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#45C5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#45C5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5B5

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5B5	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.113 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7cb',
    500: '#45c5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5b5;
$custom-light: #88d7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74953,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5B5

secondary

#CF979E

accent

#4C5EDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5B5

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

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