#45A79E#45A79E

#45A79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A79E
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 158)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -30.70, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 30.95, 187.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0916 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.092 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4418, 31.3690, 37.2133)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A79E #A7454E

analogous

#45A76D #45A79E #457FA7

triadic

#45A79E #9E45A7 #A79E45

tetradic

#45A79E #6D45A7 #A7454E #7FA745

square

#45A79E #6D45A7 #A7454E #7FA745

split-complementary

#45A79E #A7457F #A76D45

monochromatic

#21504C #337C75 #45A79E #68C1B9 #94D3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#45A79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#45A79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A79E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A79E	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1ba',
    500: '#45a79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a79e;
$custom-light: #83c1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.49,
    "s": 41.525,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66813,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A79E

secondary

#BE898E

accent

#5662D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A79E

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

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