#45BCA2#45BCA2

#45BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCA2
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -39.40, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 39.54, 175.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.1124 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.113 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9559, 39.8374, 40.4442)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCA2 #BC455F

analogous

#45BC66 #45BCA2 #459ABC

triadic

#45BCA2 #A245BC #BCA245

tetradic

#45BCA2 #6645BC #BC455F #9ABC45

square

#45BCA2 #6645BC #BC455F #9ABC45

split-complementary

#45BCA2 #BC459A #BC6645

monochromatic

#246355 #34907C #45BCA2 #72CCB8 #9FDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#45BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCA2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCA2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1bd',
    500: '#45bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bca2;
$custom-light: #86d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.891,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCA2

secondary

#C9949F

accent

#516ED7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCA2

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

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