#45BCAD#45BCAD

#45BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCAD
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -36.56, -2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 36.62, 183.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1074 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.108 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9768, 40.2458, 45.8209)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCAD #BC4554

analogous

#45BC71 #45BCAD #458FBC

triadic

#45BCAD #AD45BC #BCAD45

tetradic

#45BCAD #7145BC #BC4554 #8FBC45

square

#45BCAD #7145BC #BC4554 #8FBC45

split-complementary

#45BCAD #BC458F #BC7145

monochromatic

#24635B #349084 #45BCAD #72CCC1 #9FDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#45BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCAD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCAD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c5',
    500: '#45bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcad;
$custom-light: #87d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.437,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCAD

secondary

#C9949B

accent

#5162D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCAD

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

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