#459AA9#459AA9

#459AA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.084 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AA9
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -21.04, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 26.17, 216.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0723 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.084 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1684, 27.2389, 41.6705)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AA9 #A95445

analogous

#45A986 #459AA9 #4568A9

triadic

#459AA9 #A9459A #9AA945

tetradic

#459AA9 #8645A9 #A95445 #68A945

square

#459AA9 #8645A9 #A95445 #68A945

split-complementary

#459AA9 #A94568 #A98645

monochromatic

#224B52 #33727E #459AA9 #69B5C2 #95CAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#459AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#459AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AA9

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AA9	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.084 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8c2',
    500: '#459aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459aa9;
$custom-light: #83b8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64005,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AA9

secondary

#BF928A

accent

#6956D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AA9

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

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