#45BC9E#45BC9E

#45BC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BC9E
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -40.39, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 40.76, 172.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1143 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.115 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6060, 39.6974, 38.6013)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BC9E #BC4563

analogous

#45BC62 #45BC9E #459EBC

triadic

#45BC9E #9E45BC #BC9E45

tetradic

#45BC9E #6245BC #BC4563 #9EBC45

square

#45BC9E #6245BC #BC4563 #9EBC45

split-complementary

#45BC9E #BC459E #BC6245

monochromatic

#246353 #349079 #45BC9E #72CCB5 #9FDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#45BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BC9E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BC9E	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1ba',
    500: '#45bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bc9e;
$custom-light: #86d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.874,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72045,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BC9E

secondary

#C994A1

accent

#5173D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BC9E

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

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