#45BCB5#45BCB5

#45BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCB5
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -34.40, -6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 34.96, 190.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1038 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.105 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7742, 40.5647, 50.0204)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCB5 #BC454C

analogous

#45BC7A #45BCB5 #4587BC

triadic

#45BCB5 #B545BC #BCB545

tetradic

#45BCB5 #7A45BC #BC454C #87BC45

square

#45BCB5 #7A45BC #BC454C #87BC45

split-complementary

#45BCB5 #BC4587 #BC7A45

monochromatic

#24635F #34908B #45BCB5 #72CCC7 #9FDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#45BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCB5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCB5	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0cb',
    500: '#45bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcb5;
$custom-light: #87d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72751,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCB5

secondary

#C99497

accent

#5159D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCB5

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

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