#45BCAB#45BCAB

#45BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCAB
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -37.08, -1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 37.10, 181.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.1083 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.108 182)
XYZ	xyz(27.7847, 40.1689, 44.8093)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCAB #BC4556

analogous

#45BC70 #45BCAB #4591BC

triadic

#45BCAB #AB45BC #BCAB45

tetradic

#45BCAB #7045BC #BC4556 #91BC45

square

#45BCAB #7045BC #BC4556 #91BC45

split-complementary

#45BCAB #BC4591 #BC7045

monochromatic

#24635A #349083 #45BCAB #72CCBF #9FDCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#45BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCAB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCAB	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c3',
    500: '#45bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcab;
$custom-light: #86d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.40172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCAB

secondary

#C9949B

accent

#5164D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCAB

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

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