#45BCB6#45BCB6

#45BCB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCB6
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -34.12, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 34.79, 191.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.1034 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.105 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8772, 40.6059, 50.5627)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCB6 #BC454B

analogous

#45BC7A #45BCB6 #4586BC

triadic

#45BCB6 #B645BC #BCB645

tetradic

#45BCB6 #7A45BC #BC454B #86BC45

square

#45BCB6 #7A45BC #BC454B #86BC45

split-complementary

#45BCB6 #BC4586 #BC7A45

monochromatic

#246360 #34908B #45BCB6 #72CCC8 #9FDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45BCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#45BCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCB6

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCB6	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0cb',
    500: '#45bcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcb6;
$custom-light: #87d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.975,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCB6

secondary

#C99497

accent

#5158D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCB6

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

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