#45B89C#45B89C

#45B89C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B89C
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 15.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -39.11, 4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 39.39, 173.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.111 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.112 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5926, 37.9438, 37.4212)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B89C #B84561

analogous

#45B862 #45B89C #459BB8

triadic

#45B89C #9C45B8 #B89C45

tetradic

#45B89C #6245B8 #B84561 #9BB845

square

#45B89C #6245B8 #B84561 #9BB845

split-complementary

#45B89C #B8459B #B86245

monochromatic

#245F51 #348B76 #45B89C #71CAB4 #9DDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#45B89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B89C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B89C	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ceb9',
    500: '#45b89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b89c;
$custom-light: #85ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.391,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7099,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B89C

secondary

#C7929F

accent

#5372D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B89C

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

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