#45BCB1#45BCB1

#45BCB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCB1
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -35.49, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 35.74, 186.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1056 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.106 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3697, 40.4029, 47.8899)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCB1 #BC4550

analogous

#45BC75 #45BCB1 #458BBC

triadic

#45BCB1 #B145BC #BCB145

tetradic

#45BCB1 #7545BC #BC4550 #8BBC45

square

#45BCB1 #7545BC #BC4550 #8BBC45

split-complementary

#45BCB1 #BC458B #BC7545

monochromatic

#24635D #349087 #45BCB1 #72CCC4 #9FDCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#45BCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCB1

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCB1	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c8',
    500: '#45bcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcb1;
$custom-light: #87d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.454,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7262,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCB1

secondary

#C99499

accent

#515DD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCB1

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

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