#45A79F#45A79F

#45A79F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A79F
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 159)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -30.42, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 30.75, 188.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0911 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.092 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5282, 31.4036, 37.6684)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A79F #A7454D

analogous

#45A76E #45A79F #457EA7

triadic

#45A79F #9F45A7 #A79F45

tetradic

#45A79F #6E45A7 #A7454D #7EA745

square

#45A79F #6E45A7 #A7454D #7EA745

split-complementary

#45A79F #A7457E #A76E45

monochromatic

#21504D #337C76 #45A79F #68C1BA #94D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#45A79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#45A79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A79F

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A79F	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F93A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1bb',
    500: '#45a79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a79f;
$custom-light: #83c1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.102,
    "s": 41.525,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66847,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A79F

secondary

#BE898E

accent

#5660D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A79F

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

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