#459B9E#459B9E

#459B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.082 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459B9E
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -24.77, -9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 26.49, 200.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0782 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.082 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3446, 27.1745, 36.5142)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459B9E #9E4845

analogous

#459E74 #459B9E #456F9E

triadic

#459B9E #9E459B #9B9E45

tetradic

#459B9E #74459E #9E4845 #6F9E45

square

#459B9E #74459E #9E4845 #6F9E45

split-complementary

#459B9E #9E456F #9E7445

monochromatic

#204749 #327173 #459B9E #65B9BC #8FCCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#459B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#459B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459B9E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459B9E	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.082 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8ba',
    500: '#459b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459b9e;
$custom-light: #82b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.022,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63837,
    "c": 0.08238,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459B9E

secondary

#BA8785

accent

#5D59CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459B9E

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

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