#45BCAC#45BCAC

#45BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCAC
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -36.82, -1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 36.86, 182.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1079 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.108 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8804, 40.2072, 45.3132)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCAC #BC4555

analogous

#45BC70 #45BCAC #4590BC

triadic

#45BCAC #AC45BC #BCAC45

tetradic

#45BCAC #7045BC #BC4555 #90BC45

square

#45BCAC #7045BC #BC4555 #90BC45

split-complementary

#45BCAC #BC4590 #BC7045

monochromatic

#24635A #349084 #45BCAC #72CCC0 #9FDCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#45BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCAC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCAC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c4',
    500: '#45bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcac;
$custom-light: #86d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.933,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72462,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCAC

secondary

#C9949B

accent

#5163D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCAC

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

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