#45979D#45979D

#45979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.080 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45979D
RGB	rgb(69, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -23.01, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 25.39, 204.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0741 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.08 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6041, 25.8309, 35.8445)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45979D #9D4B45

analogous

#459D77 #45979D #456B9D

triadic

#45979D #9D4597 #979D45

tetradic

#45979D #77459D #9D4B45 #6B9D45

square

#45979D #77459D #9D4B45 #6B9D45

split-complementary

#45979D #9D456B #9D7745

monochromatic

#204548 #326E72 #45979D #64B5BB #8FC9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#45979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#45979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45979D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45979D	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.080 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6b9',
    500: '#45979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45979d;
$custom-light: #81b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 38.938,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62811,
    "c": 0.07977,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45979D

secondary

#B98885

accent

#6159CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #45979D

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

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