#45A899#45A899

#45A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.095 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A899
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -32.51, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 32.52, 181.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.095 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.095 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2041, 31.5681, 35.0539)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A899 #A84554

analogous

#45A868 #45A899 #4586A8

triadic

#45A899 #9945A8 #A89945

tetradic

#45A899 #6845A8 #A84554 #86A845

square

#45A899 #6845A8 #A84554 #86A845

split-complementary

#45A899 #A84586 #A86845

monochromatic

#21514A #337D71 #45A899 #69C1B4 #94D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#45A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#45A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A899

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A899	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.095 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2b7',
    500: '#45a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a899;
$custom-light: #83c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.909,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66902,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A899

secondary

#BF8A92

accent

#5669D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A899

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

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