#45A49E#45A49E

#45A49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.089 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A49E
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(176, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -29.24, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 29.72, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0882 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.089 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8986, 30.2826, 37.0322)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A49E #A4454B

analogous

#45A46F #45A49E #457AA4

triadic

#45A49E #9E45A4 #A49E45

tetradic

#45A49E #6F45A4 #A4454B #7AA445

square

#45A49E #6F45A4 #A4454B #7AA445

split-complementary

#45A49E #A4457A #A46F45

monochromatic

#214E4B #337974 #45A49E #67BFBA #92D1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#45A49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#45A49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A49E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A49E	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C919F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.089 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfba',
    500: '#45a49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a49e;
$custom-light: #83bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.211,
    "s": 40.773,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66068,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A49E

secondary

#BD888B

accent

#575FD1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A49E

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

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