#459BA3#459BA3

#459BA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.083 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BA3
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -23.33, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 26.23, 207.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.076 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.083 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7837, 27.3502, 38.8270)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BA3 #A34D45

analogous

#45A37C #459BA3 #456CA3

triadic

#459BA3 #A3459B #9BA345

tetradic

#459BA3 #7C45A3 #A34D45 #6CA345

square

#459BA3 #7C45A3 #A34D45 #6CA345

split-complementary

#459BA3 #A3456C #A37C45

monochromatic

#21494D #337278 #459BA3 #67B7BF #92CBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#459BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#459BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BA3

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BA3	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.083 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8be',
    500: '#459ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ba3;
$custom-light: #82b8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 40.517,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6402,
    "c": 0.08292,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BA3

secondary

#BC8C87

accent

#6257D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BA3

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

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