#45C9AE#45C9AE

#45C9AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9AE
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -42.14, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 42.25, 175.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.1205 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.121 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9772, 46.0911, 47.3001)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9AE #C94560

analogous

#45C96C #45C9AE #45A2C9

triadic

#45C9AE #AE45C9 #C9AE45

tetradic

#45C9AE #6C45C9 #C94560 #A2C945

square

#45C9AE #6C45C9 #C94560 #A2C945

split-complementary

#45C9AE #C945A2 #C96C45

monochromatic

#217262 #2FA28A #45C9AE #74D7C3 #A4E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#45C9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#45C9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9AE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9AE	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)

#C2BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dac6',
    500: '#45c9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9ae;
$custom-light: #88dac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75726,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9AE

secondary

#D198A4

accent

#4968DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9AE

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

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