#45A69F#45A69F

#45A69F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.091 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A69F
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 159)
HSL	hsl(176, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 4.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -29.94, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 30.34, 189.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.09 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.091 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3457, 31.0386, 37.6076)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A69F #A6454C

analogous

#45A66E #45A69F #457CA6

triadic

#45A69F #9F45A6 #A69F45

tetradic

#45A69F #6E45A6 #A6454C #7CA645

square

#45A69F #6E45A6 #A6454C #7CA645

split-complementary

#45A69F #A6457C #A66E45

monochromatic

#21504C #337B76 #45A69F #68C0BA #93D2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#45A69F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#45A69F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A69F

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A69F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A69F	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E92A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a69f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.091 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1bb',
    500: '#45a69f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a69f;
$custom-light: #83c1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a69f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.67,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66598,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A69F

secondary

#BE898D

accent

#5760D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A69F

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

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