#459C86#459C86

#459C86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.091 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459C86
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 134)
HSL	hsl(165, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(165, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -31.70, 3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 31.91, 173.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0903 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.091 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6438, 26.7616, 26.7326)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459C86 #9C455B

analogous

#459C5B #459C86 #45879C

triadic

#459C86 #86459C #9C8645

tetradic

#459C86 #5B459C #9C455B #879C45

square

#459C86 #5B459C #9C455B #879C45

split-complementary

#459C86 #9C4587 #9C5B45

monochromatic

#1F473D #327262 #459C86 #64BAA4 #8ECDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#459C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#459C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459C86

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459C86	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.091 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9a9',
    500: '#459c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459c86;
$custom-light: #80b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.828,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63298,
    "c": 0.09077,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459C86

secondary

#B98491

accent

#5977CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459C86

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

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