#45A596#45A596

#45A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.093 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A596
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -31.87, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 31.88, 181.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.093 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.093 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4119, 30.3754, 33.5829)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A596 #A54554

analogous

#45A566 #45A596 #4584A5

triadic

#45A596 #9645A5 #A59645

tetradic

#45A596 #6645A5 #A54554 #84A545

square

#45A596 #6645A5 #A54554 #84A545

split-complementary

#45A596 #A54584 #A56645

monochromatic

#214F48 #337A6F #45A596 #68C0B2 #93D2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#45A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#45A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A596

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A596	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.093 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0b4',
    500: '#45a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a596;
$custom-light: #82c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.625,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66057,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A596

secondary

#BD8891

accent

#576AD1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A596

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

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