#459A8D#459A8D

#459A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.085 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459A8D
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -28.93, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 28.95, 181.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0847 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.085 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8155, 26.2977, 29.2785)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459A8D #9A4552

analogous

#459A62 #459A8D #457C9A

triadic

#459A8D #8D459A #9A8D45

tetradic

#459A8D #62459A #9A4552 #7C9A45

square

#459A8D #62459A #9A4552 #7C9A45

split-complementary

#459A8D #9A457C #9A6245

monochromatic

#1F4540 #327066 #459A8D #63B9AC #8DCCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#459A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#459A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459A8D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459A8D	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#089D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.085 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8ae',
    500: '#459a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459a8d;
$custom-light: #81b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.824,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63008,
    "c": 0.08476,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459A8D

secondary

#B7838B

accent

#5A6CCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459A8D

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

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