#45C9BC#45C9BC

#45C9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C9BC
RGB	rgb(69, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -38.50, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 38.71, 185.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.1141 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.115 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4138, 46.6657, 54.8663)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C9BC #C94552

analogous

#45C97A #45C9BC #4594C9

triadic

#45C9BC #BC45C9 #C9BC45

tetradic

#45C9BC #7A45C9 #C94552 #94C945

square

#45C9BC #7A45C9 #C94552 #94C945

split-complementary

#45C9BC #C94594 #C97A45

monochromatic

#21726A #2FA297 #45C9BC #74D7CD #A4E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#45C9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#45C9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C9BC

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C9BC	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dad0',
    500: '#45c9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c9bc;
$custom-light: #89dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7615,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C9BC

secondary

#D1989E

accent

#4958DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C9BC

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

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