#459C8A#459C8A

#459C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.088 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459C8A
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -30.68, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 30.72, 177.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0884 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.088 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9281, 26.8753, 28.2298)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459C8A #9C4557

analogous

#459C5F #459C8A #45839C

triadic

#459C8A #8A459C #9C8A45

tetradic

#459C8A #5F459C #9C4557 #839C45

square

#459C8A #5F459C #9C4557 #839C45

split-complementary

#459C8A #9C4583 #9C5F45

monochromatic

#1F473F #327264 #459C8A #64BAA8 #8ECDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#459C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#459C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459C8A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459C8A	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.088 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9ac',
    500: '#459c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459c8a;
$custom-light: #81b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63418,
    "c": 0.08849,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459C8A

secondary

#B9848F

accent

#5971CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459C8A

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

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