#45BCAE#45BCAE

#45BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCAE
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -36.29, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 36.39, 184.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.107 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.107 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0739, 40.2846, 46.3324)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCAE #BC4553

analogous

#45BC72 #45BCAE #458FBC

triadic

#45BCAE #AE45BC #BCAE45

tetradic

#45BCAE #7245BC #BC4553 #8FBC45

square

#45BCAE #7245BC #BC4553 #8FBC45

split-complementary

#45BCAE #BC458F #BC7245

monochromatic

#24635C #349085 #45BCAE #72CCC2 #9FDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#45BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCAE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCAE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c6',
    500: '#45bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcae;
$custom-light: #87d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72524,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCAE

secondary

#C9949A

accent

#5161D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCAE

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

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