#45BCBD#45BCBD

#45BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCBD
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -32.17, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 33.78, 197.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.1003 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.104 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6187, 40.9025, 54.4683)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCBD #BD4645

analogous

#45BD82 #45BCBD #4580BD

triadic

#45BCBD #BD45BC #BCBD45

tetradic

#45BCBD #8245BD #BD4645 #80BD45

square

#45BCBD #8245BD #BD4645 #80BD45

split-complementary

#45BCBD #BD4580 #BD8245

monochromatic

#246464 #349091 #45BCBD #72CCCD #9FDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#45BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCBD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCBD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 195.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73022,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCBD

secondary

#CA9594

accent

#5251D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCBD

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

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