#459C99#459C99

#459C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.083 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459C99
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -26.68, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 27.42, 193.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0815 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.083 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0900, 27.3401, 34.3492)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459C99 #9C4548

analogous

#459C6E #459C99 #45749C

triadic

#459C99 #99459C #9C9945

tetradic

#459C99 #6E459C #9C4548 #749C45

square

#459C99 #6E459C #9C4548 #749C45

split-complementary

#459C99 #9C4574 #9C6E45

monochromatic

#1F4746 #32726F #459C99 #64BAB7 #8ECDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#459C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#459C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459C99

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459C99	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.083 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b7',
    500: '#459c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459c99;
$custom-light: #81b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63908,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459C99

secondary

#B98486

accent

#595DCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459C99

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

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