#455E59#455E59

#455E59 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.031 H 181.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#455E59
RGB	rgb(69, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(168, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(168, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, -10.55, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 10.55, 180.98°)
OKLab	oklab(46.01% -0.0311 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(46.01% 0.031 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2596, 9.9915, 10.9426)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#455E59 #5E454A

analogous

#455E4D #455E59 #45575E

triadic

#455E59 #59455E #5E5945

tetradic

#455E59 #4D455E #5E454A #575E45

square

#455E59 #4D455E #5E454A #575E45

split-complementary

#455E59 #5E4557 #5E4D45

monochromatic

#111716 #2B3B38 #455E59 #5F817A #7DA099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#455E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#455E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #455E59

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##455E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##455E59	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #455e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.031 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#798b87',
    500: '#455e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #455e59;
$custom-light: #798b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#455e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 15.337,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46011,
    "c": 0.0311,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#455E59

secondary

#8D7277

accent

#707EB8

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDF0EF

border

#C8CBCA

text

#090C0B

muted

#7B7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #455E59

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

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