#45BC9B#45BC9B

#45BC9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BC9B
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -41.13, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 41.72, 170.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1157 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.117 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3509, 39.5954, 37.2579)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BC9B #BC4566

analogous

#45BC5F #45BC9B #45A2BC

triadic

#45BC9B #9B45BC #BC9B45

tetradic

#45BC9B #5F45BC #BC4566 #A2BC45

square

#45BC9B #5F45BC #BC4566 #A2BC45

split-complementary

#45BC9B #BC45A2 #BC5F45

monochromatic

#246351 #349076 #45BC9B #72CCB3 #9FDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45BC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#45BC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BC9B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BC9B	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1b8',
    500: '#45bc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bc9b;
$custom-light: #86d1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.361,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71962,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BC9B

secondary

#C994A3

accent

#5176D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BC9B

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

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