#459A8F#459A8F

#459A8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.084 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459A8F
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -28.41, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 28.48, 184.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0838 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.084 184)
XYZ	xyz(18.9656, 26.3578, 30.0694)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459A8F #9A4550

analogous

#459A64 #459A8F #457A9A

triadic

#459A8F #8F459A #9A8F45

tetradic

#459A8F #64459A #9A4550 #7A9A45

square

#459A8F #64459A #9A4550 #7A9A45

split-complementary

#459A8F #9A457A #9A6445

monochromatic

#1F4541 #327068 #459A8F #63B9AE #8DCCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#459A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#459A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459A8F

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459A8F	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.084 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8af',
    500: '#459a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459a8f;
$custom-light: #81b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.235,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63072,
    "c": 0.084,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.2636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459A8F

secondary

#B7838A

accent

#5A69CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459A8F

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

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