#45A09E#45A09E

#45A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.086 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A09E
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -27.27, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 28.19, 194.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0838 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.086 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1940, 28.8733, 36.7973)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A09E #A04547

analogous

#45A070 #45A09E #4575A0

triadic

#45A09E #9E45A0 #A09E45

tetradic

#45A09E #7045A0 #A04547 #75A045

square

#45A09E #7045A0 #A04547 #75A045

split-complementary

#45A09E #A04575 #A07045

monochromatic

#204A4A #337574 #45A09E #65BDBB #90CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#45A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#45A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45A09E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A09E	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.086 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcba',
    500: '#45a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a09e;
$custom-light: #82bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.681,
    "s": 39.738,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65075,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A09E

secondary

#BB8687

accent

#585BD0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A09E

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

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