#45C3BC#45C3BC

#45C3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.110 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3BC
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -35.74, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 36.36, 190.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.108 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.11 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0423, 43.9228, 54.4092)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3BC #C3454C

analogous

#45C37D #45C3BC #458BC3

triadic

#45C3BC #BC45C3 #C3BC45

tetradic

#45C3BC #7D45C3 #C3454C #8BC345

square

#45C3BC #7D45C3 #C3454C #8BC345

split-complementary

#45C3BC #C3458B #C37D45

monochromatic

#236B67 #319994 #45C3BC #73D2CD #A2E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#45C3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#45C3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3BC

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3BC	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.110 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5d0',
    500: '#45c3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3bc;
$custom-light: #88d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7469,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3BC

secondary

#CE9699

accent

#4D55DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3BC

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

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