#45a5a3

Color #45a5a3

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.75 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#45a5a3

RGB

rgb(69, 165, 163)

HSL

hsl(178.8, 41%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(178.8, 58.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(62.35, -28.35, -7.43)

LCH

lch(62.35, 29.31, 194.69)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.0895, 193.31)

HWB

hwb(178.8, 27.1%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a54547

Analogous

#45a573

#45a5a3

#4577a5

Triadic

#45a5a3

#a345a5

#a5a345

Split-complementary

#45a5a3

#a54577

#a57345

Tetradic

#45a5a3

#4547a5

#a54547

#a5a345

Square

#45a5a3

#7345a5

#a54547

#77a545

Shades

Color #45a5a3 mixed toward black.

#3a8a88

#2e6e6d

#235352

#173736

#0c1c1b

Tints

Color #45a5a3 mixed toward white.

#5dbbb9

#7dc9c7

#9ed6d5

#bee4e3

#dff1f1

Tones

Color #45a5a3 mixed toward gray.

#4d9d9b

#559594

#5d8d8c

#658584

#6d7d7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7ba3 · ΔE 28.8

Deuteranopia

#756ea4 · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#4ea4a4 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #45a5a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#45a5a3]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#45a5a3 (#45a5a3) is rgb(69, 165, 163) in RGB.

No, #45a5a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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