#459A97#459A97

#459A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.082 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459A97
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -26.23, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 26.96, 193.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0801 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.082 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5934, 26.6089, 33.3756)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459A97 #9A4548

analogous

#459A6C #459A97 #45729A

triadic

#459A97 #97459A #9A9745

tetradic

#459A97 #6C459A #9A4548 #729A45

square

#459A97 #6C459A #9A4548 #729A45

split-complementary

#459A97 #9A4572 #9A6C45

monochromatic

#1F4544 #32706E #459A97 #63B9B6 #8DCCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#459A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#459A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459A97

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459A97	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	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)

#929397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.082 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8b5',
    500: '#459a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459a97;
$custom-light: #81b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.882,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459A97

secondary

#B78385

accent

#5A5ECE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459A97

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

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