#45959B#45959B

#45959B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.078 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45959B
RGB	rgb(69, 149, 155)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -22.56, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 24.92, 205.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0726 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.078 202)
XYZ	xyz(19.1157, 25.1248, 34.8462)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45959B #9B4B45

analogous

#459B76 #45959B #456A9B

triadic

#45959B #9B4595 #959B45

tetradic

#45959B #76459B #9B4B45 #6A9B45

square

#45959B #76459B #9B4B45 #6A9B45

split-complementary

#45959B #9B456A #9B7645

monochromatic

#1F4446 #326C71 #45959B #63B4BA #8EC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#45959B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#45959B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45959B

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45959B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45959B	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45959b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 149, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.078 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b4b8',
    500: '#45959b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45959b;
$custom-light: #81b4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45959b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.186,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62243,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.25127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45959B

secondary

#B88784

accent

#6259CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #45959B

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

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