#459BA7#459BA7

#459BA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.084 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BA7
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 167)
HSL	hsl(187, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -22.15, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 26.24, 212.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0743 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.084 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1478, 27.4958, 40.7445)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BA7 #A75145

analogous

#45A782 #459BA7 #456AA7

triadic

#459BA7 #A7459B #9BA745

tetradic

#459BA7 #8245A7 #A75145 #6AA745

square

#459BA7 #8245A7 #A75145 #6AA745

split-complementary

#459BA7 #A7456A #A78245

monochromatic

#214B50 #33737C #459BA7 #68B6C1 #94CBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#459BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#459BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BA7

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BA7	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.084 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8c1',
    500: '#459ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ba7;
$custom-light: #83b8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 41.525,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64172,
    "c": 0.08388,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BA7

secondary

#BE9089

accent

#6656D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BA7

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

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