#45BC9D#45BC9D

#45BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BC9D
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -40.64, 5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 41.07, 171.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1148 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.116 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5203, 39.6632, 38.1499)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BC9D #BC4564

analogous

#45BC61 #45BC9D #459FBC

triadic

#45BC9D #9D45BC #BC9D45

tetradic

#45BC9D #6145BC #BC4564 #9FBC45

square

#45BC9D #6145BC #BC4564 #9FBC45

split-complementary

#45BC9D #BC459F #BC6145

monochromatic

#246352 #349078 #45BC9D #72CCB5 #9FDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#45BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BC9D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BC9D	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1b9',
    500: '#45bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bc9d;
$custom-light: #86d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.37,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72017,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BC9D

secondary

#C994A2

accent

#5174D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BC9D

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

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