#45C5B9#45C5B9

#45C5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.112 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5B9
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 185)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 6.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -37.48, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 37.72, 186.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.1114 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.112 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1734, 44.6970, 52.8740)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5B9 #C54551

analogous

#45C579 #45C5B9 #4591C5

triadic

#45C5B9 #B945C5 #C5B945

tetradic

#45C5B9 #7945C5 #C54551 #91C545

square

#45C5B9 #7945C5 #C54551 #91C545

split-complementary

#45C5B9 #C54591 #C57945

monochromatic

#226D66 #319C92 #45C5B9 #74D4CB #A2E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#45C5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#45C5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5B9

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5B9	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.112 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7ce',
    500: '#45c5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5b9;
$custom-light: #88d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7508,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5B9

secondary

#CF979C

accent

#4C59DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5B9

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

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