#455E53#455E53

#455E53 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.035 H 166.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#455E53
RGB	rgb(69, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(154, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(154, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, -11.98, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 12.42, 164.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% -0.034 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.035 166)
XYZ	xyz(8.0178, 9.8948, 9.6694)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#455E53 #5E4550

analogous

#455E47 #455E53 #455D5E

triadic

#455E53 #53455E #5E5345

tetradic

#455E53 #47455E #5E4550 #5D5E45

square

#455E53 #47455E #5E4550 #5D5E45

split-complementary

#455E53 #5E455D #5E4745

monochromatic

#111715 #2B3B34 #455E53 #5F8172 #7DA091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#455E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#455E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #455E53

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##455E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##455E53	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #455e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.035 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#798b83',
    500: '#455e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #455e53;
$custom-light: #798b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#455e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.6,
    "s": 15.337,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45814,
    "c": 0.03502,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.09895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#455E53

secondary

#8D727E

accent

#7090B8

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDF0EF

border

#C8CBCA

text

#090C0A

muted

#7B7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #455E53

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

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