#45BCA8#45BCA8

#45BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCA8
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -37.87, 0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 37.87, 179.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1097 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.11 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5020, 40.0559, 43.3204)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCA8 #BC4559

analogous

#45BC6C #45BCA8 #4594BC

triadic

#45BCA8 #A845BC #BCA845

tetradic

#45BCA8 #6C45BC #BC4559 #94BC45

square

#45BCA8 #6C45BC #BC4559 #94BC45

split-complementary

#45BCA8 #BC4594 #BC6C45

monochromatic

#246358 #349080 #45BCA8 #72CCBD #9FDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#45BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCA8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCA8	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c1',
    500: '#45bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bca8;
$custom-light: #86d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.916,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72339,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCA8

secondary

#C9949D

accent

#5168D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCA8

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

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