#459C97#459C97

#459C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.084 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459C97
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -27.23, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 27.74, 191.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0824 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.084 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9262, 27.2746, 33.4866)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459C97 #9C454A

analogous

#459C6C #459C97 #45769C

triadic

#459C97 #97459C #9C9745

tetradic

#459C97 #6C459C #9C454A #769C45

square

#459C97 #6C459C #9C454A #769C45

split-complementary

#459C97 #9C4576 #9C6C45

monochromatic

#1F4745 #32726E #459C97 #64BAB5 #8ECDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#459C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#459C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459C97

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459C97	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.084 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b5',
    500: '#459c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459c97;
$custom-light: #81b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.552,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6384,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459C97

secondary

#B98487

accent

#5960CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459C97

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

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