#45A5A2#45A5A2

#45A5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.090 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5A2
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 162)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -28.63, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 29.45, 193.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0876 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.09 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4281, 30.7818, 38.9349)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5A2 #A54548

analogous

#45A572 #45A5A2 #4578A5

triadic

#45A5A2 #A245A5 #A5A245

tetradic

#45A5A2 #7245A5 #A54548 #78A545

square

#45A5A2 #7245A5 #A54548 #78A545

split-complementary

#45A5A2 #A54578 #A57245

monochromatic

#214F4D #337A78 #45A5A2 #68C0BD #93D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#45A5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#45A5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5A2

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5A2	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.090 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0bd',
    500: '#45a5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5a2;
$custom-light: #83c0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66452,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5A2

secondary

#BD888A

accent

#575BD1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5A2

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

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