#45BCAF#45BCAF

#45BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.107 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCAF
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -36.02, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 36.17, 185.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.1065 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.107 185)
XYZ	xyz(28.1718, 40.3238, 46.8477)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCAF #BC4552

analogous

#45BC73 #45BCAF #458EBC

triadic

#45BCAF #AF45BC #BCAF45

tetradic

#45BCAF #7345BC #BC4552 #8EBC45

square

#45BCAF #7345BC #BC4552 #8EBC45

split-complementary

#45BCAF #BC458E #BC7345

monochromatic

#24635C #349086 #45BCAF #72CCC2 #9FDCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#45BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCAF

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCAF	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.107 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c6',
    500: '#45bcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcaf;
$custom-light: #87d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.445,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72556,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.40327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCAF

secondary

#C9949A

accent

#5160D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCAF

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

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