#45BCBB#45BCBB

#45BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCBB
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -32.73, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 34.03, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1012 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.104 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4031, 40.8163, 53.3328)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCBB #BC4546

analogous

#45BC7F #45BCBB #4581BC

triadic

#45BCBB #BB45BC #BCBB45

tetradic

#45BCBB #7F45BC #BC4546 #81BC45

square

#45BCBB #7F45BC #BC4546 #81BC45

split-complementary

#45BCBB #BC4581 #BC7F45

monochromatic

#246362 #34908F #45BCBB #72CCCB #9FDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#45BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCBB

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCBB	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)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0cf',
    500: '#45bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcbb;
$custom-light: #88d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.496,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72953,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCBB

secondary

#C99494

accent

#5152D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCBB

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

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