#45BCB8#45BCB8

#45BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCB8
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -33.57, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 34.46, 193.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1025 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.105 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0853, 40.6892, 51.6591)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCB8 #BC4549

analogous

#45BC7C #45BCB8 #4585BC

triadic

#45BCB8 #B845BC #BCB845

tetradic

#45BCB8 #7C45BC #BC4549 #85BC45

square

#45BCB8 #7C45BC #BC4549 #85BC45

split-complementary

#45BCB8 #BC4585 #BC7C45

monochromatic

#246361 #34908D #45BCB8 #72CCC9 #9FDCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#45BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCB8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCB8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0cd',
    500: '#45bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcb8;
$custom-light: #87d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.983,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCB8

secondary

#C99496

accent

#5156D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCB8

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

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