#459A7D#459A7D

#459A7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.094 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459A7D
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 125)
HSL	hsl(160, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(160, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 18.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -32.95, 7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 33.80, 167.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0923 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.094 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7098, 25.8555, 23.4554)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459A7D #9A4562

analogous

#459A52 #459A7D #458C9A

triadic

#459A7D #7D459A #9A7D45

tetradic

#459A7D #52459A #9A4562 #8C9A45

square

#459A7D #52459A #9A4562 #8C9A45

split-complementary

#459A7D #9A458C #9A5245

monochromatic

#1F4538 #32705B #459A7D #63B99C #8DCCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#459A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#459A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459A7D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459A7D	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96917C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.094 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8a2',
    500: '#459a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459a7d;
$custom-light: #80b8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.529,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62529,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459A7D

secondary

#B78395

accent

#5A81CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459A7D

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

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