#459A79#459A79

#459A79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.097 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459A79
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(157, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(157, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 21.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -33.89, 9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 35.24, 164.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0942 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.097 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4594, 25.7553, 22.1366)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459A79 #9A4566

analogous

#459A4E #459A79 #45909A

triadic

#459A79 #79459A #9A7945

tetradic

#459A79 #4E459A #9A4566 #909A45

square

#459A79 #4E459A #9A4566 #909A45

split-complementary

#459A79 #9A4590 #9A4E45

monochromatic

#1F4537 #327058 #459A79 #63B998 #8DCCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#459A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#459A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459A79

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459A79	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.097 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b89f',
    500: '#459a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459a79;
$custom-light: #80b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.706,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6242,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459A79

secondary

#B78398

accent

#5A87CE

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #459A79

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

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