#45C9B2#45C9B2

#45C9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9B2
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 11.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -41.12, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 41.13, 178.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.1186 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.119 179)
XYZ	xyz(31.3729, 46.2494, 49.3845)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9B2 #C9455C

analogous

#45C970 #45C9B2 #459EC9

triadic

#45C9B2 #B245C9 #C9B245

tetradic

#45C9B2 #7045C9 #C9455C #9EC945

square

#45C9B2 #7045C9 #C9455C #9EC945

split-complementary

#45C9B2 #C9459E #C97045

monochromatic

#217264 #2FA28E #45C9B2 #74D7C6 #A4E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#45C9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#45C9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9B2

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9B2	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dac9',
    500: '#45c9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9b2;
$custom-light: #89dac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75843,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.46253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9B2

secondary

#D198A2

accent

#4963DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9B2

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

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