#45BBAC#45BBAC

#45BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBAC
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -36.36, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 36.42, 183.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1068 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.107 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6675, 39.7814, 45.2422)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBAC #BB4554

analogous

#45BB71 #45BBAC #458FBB

triadic

#45BBAC #AC45BB #BBAC45

tetradic

#45BBAC #7145BB #BB4554 #8FBB45

square

#45BBAC #7145BB #BB4554 #8FBB45

split-complementary

#45BBAC #BB458F #BB7145

monochromatic

#24625A #348F83 #45BBAC #72CBC0 #9FDCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#45BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBAC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBAC	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0c4',
    500: '#45bbac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbac;
$custom-light: #86d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.373,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72215,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBAC

secondary

#C8949A

accent

#5263D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBAC

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

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