#45A178#45A178

#45A178 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.108 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A178
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(153, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(153, 57%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 25.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -37.31, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 39.60, 160.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.1027 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.108 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5876, 28.1093, 22.2117)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A178 #A1456E

analogous

#45A14A #45A178 #459CA1

triadic

#45A178 #7845A1 #A17845

tetradic

#45A178 #4A45A1 #A1456E #9CA145

square

#45A178 #4A45A1 #A1456E #9CA145

split-complementary

#45A178 #A1459C #A14A45

monochromatic

#204B38 #337658 #45A178 #66BD96 #91D0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#45A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#45A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45A178

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A178	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.108 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bd9f',
    500: '#45a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a178;
$custom-light: #81bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.261,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64192,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A178

secondary

#BB879E

accent

#588DD0

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A178

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

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