#459A8A#459A8A

#459A8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.086 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459A8A
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(169, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -29.72, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 29.72, 178.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0861 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.086 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5953, 26.2096, 28.1188)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459A8A #9A4555

analogous

#459A5F #459A8A #457F9A

triadic

#459A8A #8A459A #9A8A45

tetradic

#459A8A #5F459A #9A4555 #7F9A45

square

#459A8A #5F459A #9A4555 #7F9A45

split-complementary

#459A8A #9A457F #9A5F45

monochromatic

#1F453E #327064 #459A8A #63B9A9 #8DCCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#459A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#459A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459A8A

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459A8A	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.086 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8ac',
    500: '#459a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459a8a;
$custom-light: #80b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.706,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62913,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459A8A

secondary

#B7838D

accent

#5A70CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459A8A

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

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