#459CA5#459CA5

#459CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.084 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CA5
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -23.26, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 26.44, 208.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0762 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.084 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1314, 27.7567, 39.8340)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CA5 #A54E45

analogous

#45A57E #459CA5 #456CA5

triadic

#459CA5 #A5459C #9CA545

tetradic

#459CA5 #7E45A5 #A54E45 #6CA545

square

#459CA5 #7E45A5 #A54E45 #6CA545

split-complementary

#459CA5 #A5456C #A57E45

monochromatic

#214A4F #33737A #459CA5 #68B7C0 #93CCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#459CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#459CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CA5

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CA5	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.084 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9bf',
    500: '#459ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ca5;
$custom-light: #82b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64341,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CA5

secondary

#BD8D88

accent

#6257D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CA5

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

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