#459BAB#459BAB

#459BAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.085 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BAB
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 171)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -20.96, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 26.45, 217.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0726 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.085 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5233, 27.6460, 42.7221)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BAB #AB5545

analogous

#45AB88 #459BAB #4568AB

triadic

#459BAB #AB459B #9BAB45

tetradic

#459BAB #8845AB #AB5545 #68AB45

square

#459BAB #8845AB #AB5545 #68AB45

split-complementary

#459BAB #AB4568 #AB8845

monochromatic

#224C54 #33737F #459BAB #6AB5C3 #96CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#459BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#459BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BAB

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BAB	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.085 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8c4',
    500: '#459bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bab;
$custom-light: #83b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64328,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BAB

secondary

#C0948B

accent

#6956D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BAB

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

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