#459AA6#459AA6

#459AA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.083 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AA6
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -21.93, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 26.03, 212.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0736 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.083 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8900, 27.1275, 40.2042)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AA6 #A65145

analogous

#45A681 #459AA6 #4569A6

triadic

#459AA6 #A6459A #9AA645

tetradic

#459AA6 #8145A6 #A65145 #69A645

square

#459AA6 #8145A6 #A65145 #69A645

split-complementary

#459AA6 #A64569 #A68145

monochromatic

#214A50 #33727B #459AA6 #68B5C0 #93CAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#459AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#459AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AA6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AA6	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.083 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8c0',
    500: '#459aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459aa6;
$custom-light: #82b8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.423,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63889,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AA6

secondary

#BE8F89

accent

#6657D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AA6

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

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