#45BCA9#45BCA9

#45BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCA9
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -37.61, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 37.61, 180.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.1092 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.109 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5955, 40.0933, 43.8129)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCA9 #BC4558

analogous

#45BC6D #45BCA9 #4594BC

triadic

#45BCA9 #A945BC #BCA945

tetradic

#45BCA9 #6D45BC #BC4558 #94BC45

square

#45BCA9 #6D45BC #BC4558 #94BC45

split-complementary

#45BCA9 #BC4594 #BC6D45

monochromatic

#246359 #349081 #45BCA9 #72CCBE #9FDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#45BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCA9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCA9	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c2',
    500: '#45bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bca9;
$custom-light: #86d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.42,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72369,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCA9

secondary

#C9949C

accent

#5166D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCA9

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

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