#459B8A#459B8A

#459B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.087 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B8A
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -30.20, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 30.22, 177.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0873 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.087 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7610, 26.5411, 28.1741)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B8A #9B4556

analogous

#459B5F #459B8A #45819B

triadic

#459B8A #8A459B #9B8A45

tetradic

#459B8A #5F459B #9B4556 #819B45

square

#459B8A #5F459B #9B4556 #819B45

split-complementary

#459B8A #9B4581 #9B5F45

monochromatic

#1F463F #327164 #459B8A #63BAA9 #8ECDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#459B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#459B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B8A

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B8A	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.087 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9ac',
    500: '#459b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b8a;
$custom-light: #80b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.14,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B8A

secondary

#B8848E

accent

#5971CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B8A

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

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