#45979A#45979A

#45979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.080 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45979A
RGB	rgb(69, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -23.87, -9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 25.57, 200.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0754 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.08 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3512, 25.7297, 34.5121)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45979A #9A4845

analogous

#459A72 #45979A #456C9A

triadic

#45979A #9A4597 #979A45

tetradic

#45979A #72459A #9A4845 #6C9A45

square

#45979A #72459A #9A4845 #6C9A45

split-complementary

#45979A #9A456C #9A7245

monochromatic

#1F4445 #326E70 #45979A #63B6B9 #8DCACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#45979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#45979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45979A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45979A	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.080 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6b7',
    500: '#45979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45979a;
$custom-light: #81b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.118,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62701,
    "c": 0.07951,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45979A

secondary

#B78583

accent

#5E5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #45979A

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

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