#45AA9F#45AA9F

#45AA9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.095 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AA9F
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 159)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -31.86, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 32.01, 185.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0944 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.095 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0842, 32.5155, 37.8537)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AA9F #AA4550

analogous

#45AA6D #45AA9F #4583AA

triadic

#45AA9F #9F45AA #AA9F45

tetradic

#45AA9F #6D45AA #AA4550 #83AA45

square

#45AA9F #6D45AA #AA4550 #83AA45

split-complementary

#45AA9F #AA4583 #AA6D45

monochromatic

#22534E #337E76 #45AA9F #6AC2B9 #95D4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#45AA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#45AA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AA9F

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AA9F	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aa9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.095 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4bb',
    500: '#45aa9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aa9f;
$custom-light: #83c4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aa9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.465,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67592,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AA9F

secondary

#C08B91

accent

#5663D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AA9F

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

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