#459C8E#459C8E

#459C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.087 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459C8E
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -29.65, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 29.65, 181.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0865 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.087 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2230, 26.9933, 29.7831)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459C8E #9C4553

analogous

#459C63 #459C8E #457F9C

triadic

#459C8E #8E459C #9C8E45

tetradic

#459C8E #63459C #9C4553 #7F9C45

square

#459C8E #63459C #9C4553 #7F9C45

split-complementary

#459C8E #9C457F #9C6345

monochromatic

#1F4741 #327267 #459C8E #64BAAC #8ECDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#459C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#459C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459C8E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459C8E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.087 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9af',
    500: '#459c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459c8e;
$custom-light: #81b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.345,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63543,
    "c": 0.08657,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459C8E

secondary

#B9848D

accent

#596CCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459C8E

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

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