#459C8D#459C8D

#459C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.087 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459C8D
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -29.91, -0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 29.91, 180.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.087 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.087 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1483, 26.9634, 29.3895)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459C8D #9C4554

analogous

#459C62 #459C8D #45809C

triadic

#459C8D #8D459C #9C8D45

tetradic

#459C8D #62459C #9C4554 #809C45

square

#459C8D #62459C #9C4554 #809C45

split-complementary

#459C8D #9C4580 #9C6245

monochromatic

#1F4740 #327267 #459C8D #64BAAB #8ECDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#459C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#459C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459C8D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459C8D	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#96948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#059E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.087 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9ae',
    500: '#459c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459c8d;
$custom-light: #81b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63512,
    "c": 0.08701,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459C8D

secondary

#B9848D

accent

#596DCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459C8D

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

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