#45BB9C#45BB9C

#45BB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BB9C
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -40.44, 6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 40.89, 171.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1142 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.115 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2224, 39.2034, 37.6311)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BB9C #BB4564

analogous

#45BB61 #45BB9C #459FBB

triadic

#45BB9C #9C45BB #BB9C45

tetradic

#45BB9C #6145BB #BB4564 #9FBB45

square

#45BB9C #6145BB #BB4564 #9FBB45

split-complementary

#45BB9C #BB459F #BB6145

monochromatic

#246252 #348F77 #45BB9C #72CBB4 #9FDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45BB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#45BB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BB9C

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BB9C	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0b9',
    500: '#45bb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bb9c;
$custom-light: #85d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.237,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7174,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BB9C

secondary

#C894A1

accent

#5274D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BB9C

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

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