#459B97#459B97

#459B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.083 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B97
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -26.73, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 27.34, 192.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0813 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.083 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7591, 26.9404, 33.4309)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B97 #9B4549

analogous

#459B6C #459B97 #45749B

triadic

#459B97 #97459B #9B9745

tetradic

#459B97 #6C459B #9B4549 #749B45

square

#459B97 #6C459B #9B4549 #749B45

split-complementary

#459B97 #9B4574 #9B6C45

monochromatic

#1F4644 #32716E #459B97 #63BAB6 #8ECDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#459B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#459B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B97

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B97	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.083 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b5',
    500: '#459b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b97;
$custom-light: #81b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.209,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6359,
    "c": 0.08284,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B97

secondary

#B88486

accent

#595FCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B97

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

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