#45C5BA#45C5BA

#45C5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.112 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5BA
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -37.21, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 37.52, 187.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.1109 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.112 187)
XYZ	xyz(31.2794, 44.7394, 53.4319)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5BA #C54550

analogous

#45C57A #45C5BA #4590C5

triadic

#45C5BA #BA45C5 #C5BA45

tetradic

#45C5BA #7A45C5 #C54550 #90C545

square

#45C5BA #7A45C5 #C54550 #90C545

split-complementary

#45C5BA #C54590 #C57A45

monochromatic

#226D67 #319C93 #45C5BA #74D4CB #A2E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#45C5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#45C5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5BA

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5BA	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.112 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7ce',
    500: '#45c5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5ba;
$custom-light: #88d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.844,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.44743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5BA

secondary

#CF979C

accent

#4C58DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5BA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →