#45BB99#45BB99

#45BB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BB99
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -41.17, 7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 41.86, 169.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1156 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.117 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9715, 39.1030, 36.3097)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BB99 #BB4567

analogous

#45BB5E #45BB99 #45A2BB

triadic

#45BB99 #9945BB #BB9945

tetradic

#45BB99 #5E45BB #BB4567 #A2BB45

square

#45BB99 #5E45BB #BB4567 #A2BB45

split-complementary

#45BB99 #BB45A2 #BB5E45

monochromatic

#246250 #348F75 #45BB99 #72CBB2 #9FDCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#45BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BB99

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BB99	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0b7',
    500: '#45bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bb99;
$custom-light: #85d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.712,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BB99

secondary

#C894A3

accent

#5278D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BB99

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

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