#45BCB0#45BCB0

#45BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.107 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCB0
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -35.75, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 35.95, 185.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.1061 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.107 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2704, 40.3632, 47.3669)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCB0 #BC4551

analogous

#45BC75 #45BCB0 #458CBC

triadic

#45BCB0 #B045BC #BCB045

tetradic

#45BCB0 #7545BC #BC4551 #8CBC45

square

#45BCB0 #7545BC #BC4551 #8CBC45

split-complementary

#45BCB0 #BC458C #BC7545

monochromatic

#24635D #349087 #45BCB0 #72CCC3 #9FDCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#45BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCB0

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCB0	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#B3B2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.107 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c7',
    500: '#45bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcb0;
$custom-light: #87d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.95,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72588,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCB0

secondary

#C99499

accent

#515FD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCB0

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

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