#45B09C#45B09C

#45B09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.102 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B09C
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 156)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 11.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -35.47, 1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 35.49, 178.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.1024 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.102 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9775, 34.7137, 36.8828)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B09C #B04559

analogous

#45B066 #45B09C #458EB0

triadic

#45B09C #9C45B0 #B09C45

tetradic

#45B09C #6645B0 #B04559 #8EB045

square

#45B09C #6645B0 #B04559 #8EB045

split-complementary

#45B09C #B0458E #B06645

monochromatic

#23584E #348475 #45B09C #6DC6B5 #99D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#45B09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#45B09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B09C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B09C	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.102 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8b9',
    500: '#45b09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b09c;
$custom-light: #84c8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.785,
    "s": 43.673,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68993,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B09C

secondary

#C38E98

accent

#546CD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B09C

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

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