#459B99#459B99

#459B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.083 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B99
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -26.18, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 27.05, 194.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0804 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.083 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9229, 27.0059, 34.2935)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B99 #9B4547

analogous

#459B6E #459B99 #45729B

triadic

#459B99 #99459B #9B9945

tetradic

#459B99 #6E459B #9B4547 #729B45

square

#459B99 #6E459B #9B4547 #729B45

split-complementary

#459B99 #9B4572 #9B6E45

monochromatic

#1F4645 #32716F #459B99 #63BAB8 #8ECDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#459B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#459B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B99

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B99	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)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.083 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b7',
    500: '#459b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b99;
$custom-light: #81b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63659,
    "c": 0.08256,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B99

secondary

#B88485

accent

#595CCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B99

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →