#459B96#459B96

#459B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.083 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B96
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -27.01, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 27.51, 190.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0817 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.083 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6783, 26.9080, 33.0050)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B96 #9B454A

analogous

#459B6B #459B96 #45759B

triadic

#459B96 #96459B #9B9645

tetradic

#459B96 #6B459B #9B454A #759B45

square

#459B96 #6B459B #9B454A #759B45

split-complementary

#459B96 #9B4575 #9B6B45

monochromatic

#1F4644 #32716D #459B96 #63BAB5 #8ECDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#459B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#459B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B96

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B96	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.083 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b4',
    500: '#459b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b96;
$custom-light: #81b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.512,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63556,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B96

secondary

#B88487

accent

#5960CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B96

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

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