#459A99#459A99

#459A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.082 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459A99
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -25.67, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 26.68, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0792 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.082 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7572, 26.6744, 34.2383)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459A99 #9A4546

analogous

#459A6E #459A99 #45709A

triadic

#459A99 #99459A #9A9945

tetradic

#459A99 #6E459A #9A4546 #709A45

square

#459A99 #6E459A #9A4546 #709A45

split-complementary

#459A99 #9A4570 #9A6E45

monochromatic

#1F4545 #32706F #459A99 #63B9B8 #8DCCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#459A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#459A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459A99

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459A99	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.082 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8b7',
    500: '#459a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459a99;
$custom-light: #81b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63411,
    "c": 0.08175,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459A99

secondary

#B78384

accent

#5A5BCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459A99

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

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