#45BCBF#45BCBF

#45BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCBF
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -31.60, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 33.56, 199.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0995 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.104 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8373, 40.9900, 55.6195)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCBF #BF4845

analogous

#45BF85 #45BCBF #457FBF

triadic

#45BCBF #BF45BC #BCBF45

tetradic

#45BCBF #8545BF #BF4845 #7FBF45

square

#45BCBF #8545BF #BF4845 #7FBF45

split-complementary

#45BCBF #BF457F #BF8545

monochromatic

#236566 #339294 #45BCBF #73CCCF #A0DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#45BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCBF

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCBF	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d2',
    500: '#45bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcbf;
$custom-light: #88d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73092,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCBF

secondary

#CB9695

accent

#534FD8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCBF

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

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