#45BCA0#45BCA0

#45BCA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCA0
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -39.90, 4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 40.14, 173.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1134 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.114 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7796, 39.7669, 39.5153)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCA0 #BC4561

analogous

#45BC64 #45BCA0 #459DBC

triadic

#45BCA0 #A045BC #BCA045

tetradic

#45BCA0 #6445BC #BC4561 #9DBC45

square

#45BCA0 #6445BC #BC4561 #9DBC45

split-complementary

#45BCA0 #BC459D #BC6445

monochromatic

#246354 #34907A #45BCA0 #72CCB7 #9FDCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#45BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCA0

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCA0	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)

#B6B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1bc',
    500: '#45bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bca0;
$custom-light: #86d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCA0

secondary

#C994A0

accent

#5171D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCA0

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

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