#459B8F#459B8F

#459B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.085 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B8F
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -28.89, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 28.94, 183.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0849 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.085 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1313, 26.6892, 30.1246)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B8F #9B4551

analogous

#459B64 #459B8F #457C9B

triadic

#459B8F #8F459B #9B8F45

tetradic

#459B8F #64459B #9B4551 #7C9B45

square

#459B8F #64459B #9B4551 #7C9B45

split-complementary

#459B8F #9B457C #9B6445

monochromatic

#1F4641 #327168 #459B8F #63BAAE #8ECDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#459B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#459B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B8F

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B8F	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.085 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9af',
    500: '#459b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b8f;
$custom-light: #81b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63324,
    "c": 0.08507,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B8F

secondary

#B8848B

accent

#596ACE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B8F

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

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