#459B8D#459B8D

#459B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.086 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B8D
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -29.42, -0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 29.43, 180.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0859 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.086 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9812, 26.6292, 29.3338)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B8D #9B4553

analogous

#459B62 #459B8D #457E9B

triadic

#459B8D #8D459B #9B8D45

tetradic

#459B8D #62459B #9B4553 #7E9B45

square

#459B8D #62459B #9B4553 #7E9B45

split-complementary

#459B8D #9B457E #9B6245

monochromatic

#1F4640 #327166 #459B8D #63BAAC #8ECDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#459B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#459B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B8D

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B8D	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#069E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.086 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9ae',
    500: '#459b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b8d;
$custom-light: #81b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.233,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6326,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B8D

secondary

#B8848C

accent

#596CCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B8D

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

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