#45a8a2

Color #45a8a2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 7.88 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#45a8a2

RGB

rgb(69, 168, 162)

HSL

hsl(176.4, 41.8%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.4, 58.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(63.24, -30.09, -5.56)

LCH

lch(63.24, 30.6, 190.47)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0922, 189.68)

HWB

hwb(176.4, 27.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8454b

Analogous

#45a871

#45a8a2

#457da8

Triadic

#45a8a2

#a245a8

#a8a245

Split-complementary

#45a8a2

#a8457d

#a87145

Tetradic

#45a8a2

#454ba8

#a8454b

#a8a245

Square

#45a8a2

#7145a8

#a8454b

#7da845

Shades

Color #45a8a2 mixed toward black.

#3a8c87

#2e706c

#235451

#173836

#0c1c1b

Tints

Color #45a8a2 mixed toward white.

#5ebdb7

#7ecac6

#9ed7d4

#bfe5e2

#dff2f1

Tones

Color #45a8a2 mixed toward gray.

#4da09b

#569894

#5e8f8c

#668785

#6e7f7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7da3 · ΔE 29.1

Deuteranopia

#776fa4 · ΔE 33.2

Tritanopia

#4ea5a5 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #45a8a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#45a8a2]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#45a8a2 (#45a8a2) is rgb(69, 168, 162) in RGB.

No, #45a8a2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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