#45A196#45A196

#45A196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.089 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A196
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 6.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -29.95, -2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 30.05, 184.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0885 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.089 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7017, 28.9549, 33.3461)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A196 #A14550

analogous

#45A168 #45A196 #457EA1

triadic

#45A196 #9645A1 #A19645

tetradic

#45A196 #6845A1 #A14550 #7EA145

square

#45A196 #6845A1 #A14550 #7EA145

split-complementary

#45A196 #A1457E #A16845

monochromatic

#204B46 #33766E #45A196 #66BDB3 #91D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#45A196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#45A196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #45A196

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A196	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.089 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bdb4',
    500: '#45a196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a196;
$custom-light: #82bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.826,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65055,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A196

secondary

#BB878D

accent

#5866D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A196

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

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