#45A89D#45A89D

#45A89D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.094 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A89D
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 157)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -31.45, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 31.59, 185.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0931 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.094 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5400, 31.7025, 36.8231)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A89D #A84550

analogous

#45A86C #45A89D #4582A8

triadic

#45A89D #9D45A8 #A89D45

tetradic

#45A89D #6C45A8 #A84550 #82A845

square

#45A89D #6C45A8 #A84550 #82A845

split-complementary

#45A89D #A84582 #A86C45

monochromatic

#21514C #337D74 #45A89D #69C1B8 #94D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#45A89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#45A89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A89D

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A89D	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.094 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2b9',
    500: '#45a89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a89d;
$custom-light: #83c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6703,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A89D

secondary

#BF8A90

accent

#5664D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A89D

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

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