#45BCBC#45BCBC

#45BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCBC
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -32.45, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 33.90, 196.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.1008 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.104 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5106, 40.8593, 53.8986)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCBC #BC4545

analogous

#45BC80 #45BCBC #4580BC

triadic

#45BCBC #BC45BC #BCBC45

tetradic

#45BCBC #8045BC #BC4545 #80BC45

square

#45BCBC #8045BC #BC4545 #80BC45

split-complementary

#45BCBC #BC4580 #BC8045

monochromatic

#246363 #349090 #45BCBC #72CCCC #9FDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#45BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCBC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCBC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d0',
    500: '#45bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcbc;
$custom-light: #88d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72988,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCBC

secondary

#C99494

accent

#5151D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCBC

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

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