#45B59C#45B59C

#45B59C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B59C
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(167, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -37.76, 3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 37.91, 174.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.1078 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.108 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9760, 36.7107, 37.2157)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B59C #B5455E

analogous

#45B564 #45B59C #4596B5

triadic

#45B59C #9C45B5 #B59C45

tetradic

#45B59C #6445B5 #B5455E #96B545

square

#45B59C #6445B5 #B5455E #96B545

split-complementary

#45B59C #B54596 #B56445

monochromatic

#235C50 #348976 #45B59C #6FC8B4 #9BD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#45B59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#45B59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B59C

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B59C	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccb9',
    500: '#45b59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b59c;
$custom-light: #85ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.607,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70241,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B59C

secondary

#C5919C

accent

#5370D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B59C

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

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