#459AA8#459AA8

#459AA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.084 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AA8
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -21.34, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 26.11, 215.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0727 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.084 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0748, 27.2015, 41.1780)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AA8 #A85345

analogous

#45A885 #459AA8 #4569A8

triadic

#459AA8 #A8459A #9AA845

tetradic

#459AA8 #8545A8 #A85345 #69A845

square

#459AA8 #8545A8 #A85345 #69A845

split-complementary

#459AA8 #A84569 #A88545

monochromatic

#214A51 #33727D #459AA8 #69B5C1 #94CAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#459AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#459AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AA8

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AA8	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.084 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8c1',
    500: '#459aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459aa8;
$custom-light: #83b8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.485,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63966,
    "c": 0.08383,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AA8

secondary

#BF918A

accent

#6856D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AA8

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

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