#45B79B#45B79B

#45B79B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B79B
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 15.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -38.91, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 39.20, 173.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.1104 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.111 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3013, 37.4961, 36.9081)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B79B #B74561

analogous

#45B762 #45B79B #459AB7

triadic

#45B79B #9B45B7 #B79B45

tetradic

#45B79B #6245B7 #B74561 #9AB745

square

#45B79B #6245B7 #B74561 #9AB745

split-complementary

#45B79B #B7459A #B76245

monochromatic

#235E50 #348B75 #45B79B #70C9B3 #9DDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#45B79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#45B79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B79B

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B79B	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdb8',
    500: '#45b79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b79b;
$custom-light: #85cdb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.263,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70712,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B79B

secondary

#C6929F

accent

#5373D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B79B

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

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