#45979F#45979F

#45979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.080 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45979F
RGB	rgb(69, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -22.43, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 25.33, 207.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0732 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.08 204)
XYZ	xyz(19.7763, 25.8997, 36.7511)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45979F #9F4D45

analogous

#459F7A #45979F #456A9F

triadic

#45979F #9F4597 #979F45

tetradic

#45979F #7A459F #9F4D45 #6A9F45

square

#45979F #7A459F #9F4D45 #6A9F45

split-complementary

#45979F #9F456A #9F7A45

monochromatic

#20464A #326E74 #45979F #65B4BC #90C9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#45979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#45979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45979F

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45979F	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.080 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6bb',
    500: '#45979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45979f;
$custom-light: #81b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 39.474,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62886,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.25902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45979F

secondary

#BA8A86

accent

#6358CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #45979F

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

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