#45979B#45979B

#45979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.080 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45979B
RGB	rgb(69, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -23.59, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 25.50, 202.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0749 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.08 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4348, 25.7631, 34.9526)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45979B #9B4945

analogous

#459B74 #45979B #456C9B

triadic

#45979B #9B4597 #979B45

tetradic

#45979B #74459B #9B4945 #6C9B45

square

#45979B #74459B #9B4945 #6C9B45

split-complementary

#45979B #9B456C #9B7445

monochromatic

#1F4446 #326E71 #45979B #63B6BA #8ECACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#45979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#45979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45979B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45979B	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#8D919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.080 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6b8',
    500: '#45979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45979b;
$custom-light: #81b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62738,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45979B

secondary

#B88684

accent

#5F59CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #45979B

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

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