#459C8F#459C8F

#459C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459C8F
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -29.38, -1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 29.40, 182.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0861 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.086 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2985, 27.0235, 30.1803)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459C8F #9C4552

analogous

#459C63 #459C8F #457E9C

triadic

#459C8F #8F459C #9C8F45

tetradic

#459C8F #63459C #9C4552 #7E9C45

square

#459C8F #63459C #9C4552 #7E9C45

split-complementary

#459C8F #9C457E #9C6345

monochromatic

#1F4741 #327268 #459C8F #64BAAD #8ECDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#459C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#459C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459C8F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459C8F	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)

#95948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9af',
    500: '#459c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459c8f;
$custom-light: #81b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.034,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63575,
    "c": 0.08615,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459C8F

secondary

#B9848C

accent

#596BCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459C8F

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

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