#45A080#45A080

#45A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A080
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(159, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -35.02, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 36.07, 166.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0977 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.1 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9195, 27.9635, 24.8184)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A080 #A04565

analogous

#45A052 #45A080 #4593A0

triadic

#45A080 #8045A0 #A08045

tetradic

#45A080 #5245A0 #A04565 #93A045

square

#45A080 #5245A0 #A04565 #93A045

split-complementary

#45A080 #A04593 #A05245

monochromatic

#204A3C #33755E #45A080 #65BD9E #90CFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#45A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#45A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45A080

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A080	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D967E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bca4',
    500: '#45a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a080;
$custom-light: #81bca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.901,
    "s": 39.738,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64145,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A080

secondary

#BB8699

accent

#5882D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A080

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

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