#45BCB4#45BCB4

#45BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCB4
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -34.67, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 35.15, 189.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1043 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.106 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6720, 40.5238, 49.4820)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCB4 #BC454D

analogous

#45BC78 #45BCB4 #4589BC

triadic

#45BCB4 #B445BC #BCB445

tetradic

#45BCB4 #7845BC #BC454D #89BC45

square

#45BCB4 #7845BC #BC454D #89BC45

split-complementary

#45BCB4 #BC4589 #BC7845

monochromatic

#24635F #34908A #45BCB4 #72CCC6 #9FDCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#45BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCB4

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCB4	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ca',
    500: '#45bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcb4;
$custom-light: #87d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.966,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72718,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCB4

secondary

#C99497

accent

#515AD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCB4

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

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