#45BCBA#45BCBA

#45BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCBA
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -33.01, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 34.16, 194.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.1016 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.105 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2965, 40.7736, 52.7710)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCBA #BC4547

analogous

#45BC7F #45BCBA #4582BC

triadic

#45BCBA #BA45BC #BCBA45

tetradic

#45BCBA #7F45BC #BC4547 #82BC45

square

#45BCBA #7F45BC #BC4547 #82BC45

split-complementary

#45BCBA #BC4582 #BC7F45

monochromatic

#246362 #34908E #45BCBA #72CCCB #9FDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#45BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCBA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCBA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 193.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.992,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72919,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCBA

secondary

#C99495

accent

#5153D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCBA

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

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