#45BCB9#45BCB9

#45BCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCB9
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -33.29, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 34.31, 193.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.1021 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.105 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1905, 40.7312, 52.2131)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCB9 #BC4548

analogous

#45BC7D #45BCB9 #4584BC

triadic

#45BCB9 #B945BC #BCB945

tetradic

#45BCB9 #7D45BC #BC4548 #84BC45

square

#45BCB9 #7D45BC #BC4548 #84BC45

split-complementary

#45BCB9 #BC4584 #BC7D45

monochromatic

#246361 #34908E #45BCB9 #72CCCA #9FDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#45BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCB9

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCB9	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ce',
    500: '#45bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcb9;
$custom-light: #87d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72885,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCB9

secondary

#C99495

accent

#5155D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCB9

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

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