#45C5B6#45C5B6

#45C5B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.113 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5B6
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 182)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 7.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -38.28, -2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 38.38, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.1127 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.113 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8601, 44.5717, 51.2237)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5B6 #C54554

analogous

#45C576 #45C5B6 #4594C5

triadic

#45C5B6 #B645C5 #C5B645

tetradic

#45C5B6 #7645C5 #C54554 #94C545

square

#45C5B6 #7645C5 #C54554 #94C545

split-complementary

#45C5B6 #C54594 #C57645

monochromatic

#226D65 #319C90 #45C5B6 #74D4C8 #A2E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#45C5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#45C5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5B6

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5B6	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)

#BCBAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.113 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7cb',
    500: '#45c5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5b6;
$custom-light: #88d7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.969,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74985,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5B6

secondary

#CF979E

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5B6

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

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