#45A89F#45A89F

#45A89F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.093 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A89F
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 159)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -30.91, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 31.16, 187.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0922 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.093 187)
XYZ	xyz(22.7121, 31.7714, 37.7297)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A89F #A8454E

analogous

#45A86E #45A89F #4580A8

triadic

#45A89F #9F45A8 #A89F45

tetradic

#45A89F #6E45A8 #A8454E #80A845

square

#45A89F #6E45A8 #A8454E #80A845

split-complementary

#45A89F #A84580 #A86E45

monochromatic

#21514D #337D76 #45A89F #69C1B9 #94D3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#45A89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#45A89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A89F

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A89F	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.093 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2bb',
    500: '#45a89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a89f;
$custom-light: #83c2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67095,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.31774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A89F

secondary

#BF8A8F

accent

#5661D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A89F

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

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