#45BCA4#45BCA4

#45BCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCA4
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -38.89, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 38.97, 176.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1115 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.112 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1351, 39.9091, 41.3879)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCA4 #BC455D

analogous

#45BC68 #45BCA4 #4599BC

triadic

#45BCA4 #A445BC #BCA445

tetradic

#45BCA4 #6845BC #BC455D #99BC45

square

#45BCA4 #6845BC #BC455D #99BC45

split-complementary

#45BCA4 #BC4599 #BC6845

monochromatic

#246356 #34907D #45BCA4 #72CCBA #9FDCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#45BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCA4

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCA4	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1be',
    500: '#45bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bca4;
$custom-light: #86d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.899,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72219,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCA4

secondary

#C9949F

accent

#516CD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCA4

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

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