#45BCA5#45BCA5

#45BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCA5
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -38.64, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 38.68, 177.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1111 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.111 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2258, 39.9454, 41.8654)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCA5 #BC455C

analogous

#45BC69 #45BCA5 #4598BC

triadic

#45BCA5 #A545BC #BCA545

tetradic

#45BCA5 #6945BC #BC455C #98BC45

square

#45BCA5 #6945BC #BC455C #98BC45

split-complementary

#45BCA5 #BC4598 #BC6945

monochromatic

#246357 #34907E #45BCA5 #72CCBB #9FDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#45BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCA5

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCA5	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1bf',
    500: '#45bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bca5;
$custom-light: #86d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.403,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72248,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCA5

secondary

#C9949E

accent

#516BD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCA5

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

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