#459B89#459B89

#459B89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.088 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B89
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 11.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -30.46, 1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 30.50, 176.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0877 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.088 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6889, 26.5123, 27.7946)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B89 #9B4557

analogous

#459B5E #459B89 #45829B

triadic

#459B89 #89459B #9B8945

tetradic

#459B89 #5E459B #9B4557 #829B45

square

#459B89 #5E459B #9B4557 #829B45

split-complementary

#459B89 #9B4582 #9B5E45

monochromatic

#1F463E #327164 #459B89 #63BAA8 #8ECDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#459B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#459B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B89

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B89	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.088 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9ab',
    500: '#459b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b89;
$custom-light: #80b9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.442,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63135,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B89

secondary

#B8848F

accent

#5972CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B89

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

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