#45B79C#45B79C

#45B79C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B79C
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 14.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -38.66, 4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 38.89, 173.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.1099 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.11 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3856, 37.5298, 37.3522)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B79C #B74560

analogous

#45B763 #45B79C #4599B7

triadic

#45B79C #9C45B7 #B79C45

tetradic

#45B79C #6345B7 #B74560 #99B745

square

#45B79C #6345B7 #B74560 #99B745

split-complementary

#45B79C #B74599 #B76345

monochromatic

#235E50 #348B76 #45B79C #70C9B4 #9DDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#45B79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#45B79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B79C

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B79C	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdb9',
    500: '#45b79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b79c;
$custom-light: #85cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.789,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7074,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B79C

secondary

#C6929E

accent

#5372D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B79C

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

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