#459C8C#459C8C

#459C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.087 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459C8C
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(169, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -30.17, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 30.17, 179.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0875 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.087 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0742, 26.9338, 28.9994)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459C8C #9C4555

analogous

#459C61 #459C8C #45819C

triadic

#459C8C #8C459C #9C8C45

tetradic

#459C8C #61459C #9C4555 #819C45

square

#459C8C #61459C #9C4555 #819C45

split-complementary

#459C8C #9C4581 #9C6145

monochromatic

#1F4740 #327266 #459C8C #64BAAA #8ECDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#459C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#459C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459C8C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459C8C	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#089E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.087 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9ad',
    500: '#459c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459c8c;
$custom-light: #81b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.966,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6348,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459C8C

secondary

#B9848E

accent

#596FCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459C8C

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

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