#45BC9F#45BC9F

#45BC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BC9F
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -40.15, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 40.45, 173.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1138 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.115 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6924, 39.7320, 39.0565)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BC9F #BC4562

analogous

#45BC63 #45BC9F #459EBC

triadic

#45BC9F #9F45BC #BC9F45

tetradic

#45BC9F #6345BC #BC4562 #9EBC45

square

#45BC9F #6345BC #BC4562 #9EBC45

split-complementary

#45BC9F #BC459E #BC6345

monochromatic

#246354 #34907A #45BC9F #72CCB6 #9FDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45BC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#45BC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BC9F

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BC9F	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1bb',
    500: '#45bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bc9f;
$custom-light: #86d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.378,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72074,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BC9F

secondary

#C994A1

accent

#5172D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BC9F

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

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