#455B59#455B59

#455B59 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.027 H 189.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#455B59
RGB	rgb(69, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(175, 14%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(175, 24%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, -8.79, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 8.93, 190.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.25% -0.0265 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(45.25% 0.027 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9980, 9.4683, 10.8554)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#455B59 #5B4547

analogous

#455B4E #455B59 #45525B

triadic

#455B59 #59455B #5B5945

tetradic

#455B59 #4E455B #5B4547 #525B45

square

#455B59 #4E455B #5B4547 #525B45

split-complementary

#455B59 #5B4552 #5B4E45

monochromatic

#101515 #2B3837 #455B59 #5F7E7B #7E9D9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#455B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#455B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #455B59

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##455B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##455B59	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #455b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.027 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#798987',
    500: '#455b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #455b59;
$custom-light: #798987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#455b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 13.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45249,
    "c": 0.02691,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#455B59

secondary

#8A7274

accent

#7178B7

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDF0EF

border

#C8CBCA

text

#090B0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #455B59

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

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