#459C98#459C98

#459C98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.084 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459C98
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -26.95, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 27.57, 192.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.082 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.084 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0078, 27.3072, 33.9161)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459C98 #9C4549

analogous

#459C6D #459C98 #45759C

triadic

#459C98 #98459C #9C9845

tetradic

#459C98 #6D459C #9C4549 #759C45

square

#459C98 #6D459C #9C4549 #759C45

split-complementary

#459C98 #9C4575 #9C6D45

monochromatic

#1F4745 #32726F #459C98 #64BAB6 #8ECDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#459C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#459C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459C98

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459C98	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)

#949598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.084 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b6',
    500: '#459c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459c98;
$custom-light: #81b9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.241,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63874,
    "c": 0.08355,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459C98

secondary

#B98487

accent

#595FCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459C98

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

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