#459B8E#459B8E

#459B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.085 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B8E
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -29.16, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 29.18, 182.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0854 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.085 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0559, 26.6591, 29.7274)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B8E #9B4552

analogous

#459B63 #459B8E #457D9B

triadic

#459B8E #8E459B #9B8E45

tetradic

#459B8E #63459B #9B4552 #7D9B45

square

#459B8E #63459B #9B4552 #7D9B45

split-complementary

#459B8E #9B457D #9B6345

monochromatic

#1F4640 #327167 #459B8E #63BAAD #8ECDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#459B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#459B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B8E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B8E	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)

#95938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.085 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9af',
    500: '#459b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b8e;
$custom-light: #81b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.93,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63292,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B8E

secondary

#B8848C

accent

#596BCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B8E

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

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