#459BA2#459BA2

#459BA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.083 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BA2
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 162)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -23.62, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 26.26, 205.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0764 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.083 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6945, 27.3145, 38.3570)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BA2 #A24C45

analogous

#45A27A #459BA2 #456CA2

triadic

#459BA2 #A2459B #9BA245

tetradic

#459BA2 #7A45A2 #A24C45 #6CA245

square

#459BA2 #7A45A2 #A24C45 #6CA245

split-complementary

#459BA2 #A2456C #A27A45

monochromatic

#20494C #337277 #459BA2 #66B7BE #91CBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#459BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#459BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BA2

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BA2	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.083 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8bd',
    500: '#459ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ba2;
$custom-light: #82b8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.516,
    "s": 40.26,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63983,
    "c": 0.08276,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BA2

secondary

#BC8B87

accent

#6158D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BA2

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

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