#459A96#459A96

#459A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.082 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459A96
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -26.51, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 27.11, 192.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0806 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.082 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5125, 26.5765, 32.9497)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459A96 #9A4549

analogous

#459A6B #459A96 #45739A

triadic

#459A96 #96459A #9A9645

tetradic

#459A96 #6B459A #9A4549 #739A45

square

#459A96 #6B459A #9A4549 #739A45

split-complementary

#459A96 #9A4573 #9A6B45

monochromatic

#1F4544 #32706D #459A96 #63B9B5 #8DCCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#459A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#459A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459A96

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459A96	1.00	3.33	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.082 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8b4',
    500: '#459a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459a96;
$custom-light: #81b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.176,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63306,
    "c": 0.08213,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459A96

secondary

#B78386

accent

#5A5FCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459A96

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

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