#459CA8#459CA8

#459CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.085 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CA8
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(187, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -22.37, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 26.46, 212.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.075 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.085 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4077, 27.8672, 41.2889)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CA8 #A85145

analogous

#45A883 #459CA8 #456BA8

triadic

#459CA8 #A8459C #9CA845

tetradic

#459CA8 #8345A8 #A85145 #6BA845

square

#459CA8 #8345A8 #A85145 #6BA845

split-complementary

#459CA8 #A8456B #A88345

monochromatic

#214B51 #33747D #459CA8 #69B7C1 #94CCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#459CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#459CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CA8

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CA8	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.085 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9c1',
    500: '#459ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ca8;
$custom-light: #83b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64455,
    "c": 0.08456,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CA8

secondary

#BF908A

accent

#6556D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CA8

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

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