#45C8B9#45C8B9

#45C8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8B9
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -38.84, -2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 38.96, 184.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.1145 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.115 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8614, 46.0730, 53.1034)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8B9 #C84554

analogous

#45C878 #45C8B9 #4595C8

triadic

#45C8B9 #B945C8 #C8B945

tetradic

#45C8B9 #7845C8 #C84554 #95C845

square

#45C8B9 #7845C8 #C84554 #95C845

split-complementary

#45C8B9 #C84595 #C87845

monochromatic

#217168 #2FA093 #45C8B9 #74D6CB #A3E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#45C8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#45C8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8B9

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8B9	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9ce',
    500: '#45c8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8b9;
$custom-light: #89d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.13,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75812,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8B9

secondary

#D1989F

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8B9

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

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