#45BCB2#45BCB2

#45BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCB2
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -35.22, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 35.53, 187.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1052 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.106 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4697, 40.4429, 48.4167)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCB2 #BC454F

analogous

#45BC76 #45BCB2 #458ABC

triadic

#45BCB2 #B245BC #BCB245

tetradic

#45BCB2 #7645BC #BC454F #8ABC45

square

#45BCB2 #7645BC #BC454F #8ABC45

split-complementary

#45BCB2 #BC458A #BC7645

monochromatic

#24635E #349088 #45BCB2 #72CCC5 #9FDCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#45BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCB2

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCB2	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c9',
    500: '#45bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcb2;
$custom-light: #87d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.958,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72653,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCB2

secondary

#C99498

accent

#515CD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCB2

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

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