Dark Turquoise#045C5A

#045C5A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.073 H 192.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Dark Turquoise — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#045C5A
RGB	rgb(4, 92, 90)
HSL	hsl(179, 92%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(179, 96%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(95.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.84, -23.17, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.84, 23.81, 193.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% -0.0709 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.073 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7218, 8.4175, 10.9941)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#045C5A #5C0406

analogous

#045C2E #045C5A #04325C

triadic

#045C5A #5A045C #5C5A04

tetradic

#045C5A #2E045C #5C0406 #325C04

square

#045C5A #2E045C #5C0406 #325C04

split-complementary

#045C5A #5C0432 #5C2E04

monochromatic

#011D1D #012121 #045C5A #079793 #09D1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#045C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#045C5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #045C5A

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##045C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##045C5A	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55575A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #045c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 92, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.073 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8a88',
    500: '#045c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #045c5a;
$custom-light: #5c8a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#045c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42964,
    "c": 0.07252,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#045C5A

secondary

#9A2224

accent

#292EFF

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#797D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #045C5A

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

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