#459BA5#459BA5

#459BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.083 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BA5
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -22.74, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 26.21, 209.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0751 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.083 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9643, 27.4224, 39.7783)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BA5 #A54F45

analogous

#45A57F #459BA5 #456BA5

triadic

#459BA5 #A5459B #9BA545

tetradic

#459BA5 #7F45A5 #A54F45 #6BA545

square

#459BA5 #7F45A5 #A54F45 #6BA545

split-complementary

#459BA5 #A5456B #A57F45

monochromatic

#214A4F #33727A #459BA5 #68B6C0 #93CBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#459BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#459BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BA5

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BA5	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.083 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8bf',
    500: '#459ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ba5;
$custom-light: #82b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64096,
    "c": 0.08335,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BA5

secondary

#BD8E88

accent

#6457D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BA5

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

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