#45C4BC#45C4BC

#45C4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4BC
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -36.21, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 36.74, 189.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.109 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.11 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2671, 44.3724, 54.4841)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4BC #C4454D

analogous

#45C47C #45C4BC #458DC4

triadic

#45C4BC #BC45C4 #C4BC45

tetradic

#45C4BC #7C45C4 #C4454D #8DC445

square

#45C4BC #7C45C4 #C4454D #8DC445

split-complementary

#45C4BC #C4458D #C47C45

monochromatic

#226C68 #319B94 #45C4BC #73D3CD #A2E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#45C4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#45C4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4BC

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4BC	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6d0',
    500: '#45c4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4bc;
$custom-light: #89d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.22,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74933,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4BC

secondary

#CE979A

accent

#4D56DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4BC

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

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