#45979E#45979E

#45979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.080 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45979E
RGB	rgb(69, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -22.72, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 25.35, 206.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0736 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.08 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6899, 25.8651, 36.2959)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45979E #9E4C45

analogous

#459E79 #45979E #456B9E

triadic

#45979E #9E4597 #979E45

tetradic

#45979E #79459E #9E4C45 #6B9E45

square

#45979E #79459E #9E4C45 #6B9E45

split-complementary

#45979E #9E456B #9E7945

monochromatic

#204649 #326E73 #45979E #65B5BC #8FC9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#45979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#45979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45979E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45979E	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#8D919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.080 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6ba',
    500: '#45979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45979e;
$custom-light: #81b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.719,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62848,
    "c": 0.07992,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45979E

secondary

#BA8985

accent

#6259CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #45979E

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

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