#459B79#459B79

#459B79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B79
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(156, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(156, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 21.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -34.36, 10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 35.81, 163.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0954 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.099 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6251, 26.0868, 22.1919)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B79 #9B4567

analogous

#459B4E #459B79 #45929B

triadic

#459B79 #79459B #9B7945

tetradic

#459B79 #4E459B #9B4567 #929B45

square

#459B79 #4E459B #9B4567 #929B45

split-complementary

#459B79 #9B4592 #9B4E45

monochromatic

#1F4637 #327158 #459B79 #63BA98 #8ECDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#459B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#459B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B79

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B79	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b99f',
    500: '#459b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b79;
$custom-light: #80b99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.279,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62676,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B79

secondary

#B88498

accent

#5988CE

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B79

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

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