#459B98#459B98

#459B98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.083 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B98
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 152)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -26.45, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 27.19, 193.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0808 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.083 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8407, 26.9730, 33.8604)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B98 #9B4548

analogous

#459B6D #459B98 #45739B

triadic

#459B98 #98459B #9B9845

tetradic

#459B98 #6D459B #9B4548 #739B45

square

#459B98 #6D459B #9B4548 #739B45

split-complementary

#459B98 #9B4573 #9B6D45

monochromatic

#1F4645 #32716E #459B98 #63BAB7 #8ECDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#459B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#459B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B98

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B98	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.083 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b6',
    500: '#459b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b98;
$custom-light: #81b9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.907,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63625,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B98

secondary

#B88486

accent

#595ECE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B98

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

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