#45B99C#45B99C

#45B99C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B99C
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 15.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -39.55, 5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 39.89, 172.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.112 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.113 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8011, 38.3607, 37.4907)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B99C #B94562

analogous

#45B962 #45B99C #459CB9

triadic

#45B99C #9C45B9 #B99C45

tetradic

#45B99C #6245B9 #B94562 #9CB945

square

#45B99C #6245B9 #B94562 #9CB945

split-complementary

#45B99C #B9459C #B96245

monochromatic

#246051 #348C76 #45B99C #71CAB4 #9EDBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#45B99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B99C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B99C	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ceb9',
    500: '#45b99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b99c;
$custom-light: #85ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7124,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B99C

secondary

#C793A0

accent

#5273D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B99C

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

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