#45C4BF#45C4BF

#45C4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4BF
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -35.38, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 36.22, 192.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.1077 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.11 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5939, 44.5031, 56.2050)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4BF #C4454A

analogous

#45C480 #45C4BF #458AC4

triadic

#45C4BF #BF45C4 #C4BF45

tetradic

#45C4BF #8045C4 #C4454A #8AC445

square

#45C4BF #8045C4 #C4454A #8AC445

split-complementary

#45C4BF #C4458A #C48045

monochromatic

#226C69 #319B97 #45C4BF #73D3CF #A2E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#45C4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#45C4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4BF

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4BF	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6d2',
    500: '#45c4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4bf;
$custom-light: #89d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.638,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75032,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4BF

secondary

#CE9799

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4BF

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

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