#45A99C#45A99C

#45A99C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.095 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A99C
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 156)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 7.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -32.19, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 32.25, 183.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0947 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.095 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6403, 32.0391, 36.4371)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A99C #A94552

analogous

#45A96A #45A99C #4584A9

triadic

#45A99C #9C45A9 #A99C45

tetradic

#45A99C #6A45A9 #A94552 #84A945

square

#45A99C #6A45A9 #A94552 #84A945

split-complementary

#45A99C #A94584 #A96A45

monochromatic

#22524C #337E74 #45A99C #69C2B6 #95D4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#45A99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#45A99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A99C

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A99C	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.095 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3b9',
    500: '#45a99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a99c;
$custom-light: #83c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.2,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67246,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A99C

secondary

#BF8A91

accent

#5666D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A99C

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

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