#458C8E#458C8E

#458C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.071 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#458C8E
RGB	rgb(69, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 51%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -21.60, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 23.00, 200.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0678 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.071 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7128, 21.9729, 28.9464)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#458C8E #8E4745

analogous

#458E6C #458C8E #45688E

triadic

#458C8E #8E458C #8C8E45

tetradic

#458C8E #6C458E #8E4745 #688E45

square

#458C8E #6C458E #8E4745 #688E45

split-complementary

#458C8E #8E4568 #8E6C45

monochromatic

#1D3B3C #316365 #458C8E #5FAFB1 #88C4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#458C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#458C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #458C8E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##458C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##458C8E	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #458c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.071 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faeaf',
    500: '#458c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #458c8e;
$custom-light: #7faeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#458c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.644,
    "s": 34.597,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59528,
    "c": 0.07127,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#458C8E

secondary

#B0807E

accent

#605DCB

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #458C8E

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

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