#459A98#459A98

#459A98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.082 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459A98
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -25.95, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 26.81, 194.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0797 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.082 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6749, 26.6415, 33.8051)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459A98 #9A4547

analogous

#459A6D #459A98 #45719A

triadic

#459A98 #98459A #9A9845

tetradic

#459A98 #6D459A #9A4547 #719A45

square

#459A98 #6D459A #9A4547 #719A45

split-complementary

#459A98 #9A4571 #9A6D45

monochromatic

#1F4545 #32706E #459A98 #63B9B7 #8DCCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#459A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#459A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459A98

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459A98	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.082 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8b6',
    500: '#459a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459a98;
$custom-light: #81b8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.588,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63376,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459A98

secondary

#B78385

accent

#5A5CCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459A98

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

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