#45BCA6#45BCA6

#45BCA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCA6
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -38.38, 1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 38.41, 177.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1106 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.111 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3171, 39.9819, 42.3466)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCA6 #BC455B

analogous

#45BC6B #45BCA6 #4596BC

triadic

#45BCA6 #A645BC #BCA645

tetradic

#45BCA6 #6B45BC #BC455B #96BC45

square

#45BCA6 #6B45BC #BC455B #96BC45

split-complementary

#45BCA6 #BC4596 #BC6B45

monochromatic

#246357 #34907F #45BCA6 #72CCBC #9FDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45BCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#45BCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCA6

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCA6	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c0',
    500: '#45bca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bca6;
$custom-light: #86d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.908,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCA6

secondary

#C9949E

accent

#516AD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCA6

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

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