#459CA6#459CA6

#459CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.084 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CA6
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -22.96, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 26.43, 209.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0758 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.084 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2228, 27.7932, 40.3152)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CA6 #A64F45

analogous

#45A67F #459CA6 #456BA6

triadic

#459CA6 #A6459C #9CA645

tetradic

#459CA6 #7F45A6 #A64F45 #6BA645

square

#459CA6 #7F45A6 #A64F45 #6BA645

split-complementary

#459CA6 #A6456B #A67F45

monochromatic

#214B50 #33737B #459CA6 #68B7C0 #93CCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#459CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#459CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CA6

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CA6	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.084 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9c0',
    500: '#459ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ca6;
$custom-light: #82b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.186,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64379,
    "c": 0.08404,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CA6

secondary

#BE8E89

accent

#6357D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CA6

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

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