#45A69E#45A69E

#45A69E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.091 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A69E
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 158)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -30.21, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 30.53, 188.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0905 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.091 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2593, 31.0040, 37.1524)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A69E #A6454D

analogous

#45A66D #45A69E #457DA6

triadic

#45A69E #9E45A6 #A69E45

tetradic

#45A69E #6D45A6 #A6454D #7DA645

square

#45A69E #6D45A6 #A6454D #7DA645

split-complementary

#45A69E #A6457D #A66D45

monochromatic

#21504C #337B75 #45A69E #68C0B9 #93D2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#45A69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#45A69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A69E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A69E	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.091 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1ba',
    500: '#45a69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a69e;
$custom-light: #83c1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.052,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66565,
    "c": 0.09131,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A69E

secondary

#BE898D

accent

#5761D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A69E

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

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