#45B596#45B596

#45B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B596
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -39.24, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 39.77, 170.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.1106 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.112 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4805, 36.5124, 34.6057)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B596 #B54564

analogous

#45B55E #45B596 #459CB5

triadic

#45B596 #9645B5 #B59645

tetradic

#45B596 #5E45B5 #B54564 #9CB545

square

#45B596 #5E45B5 #B54564 #9CB545

split-complementary

#45B596 #B5459C #B55E45

monochromatic

#235C4D #348971 #45B596 #6FC8AF #9BD9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#45B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B596

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B596	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccb4',
    500: '#45b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b596;
$custom-light: #84ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.393,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70069,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B596

secondary

#C5919F

accent

#5377D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B596

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

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