#459CA9#459CA9

#459CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.085 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CA9
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -22.08, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 26.49, 213.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0746 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.085 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5012, 27.9046, 41.7814)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CA9 #A95245

analogous

#45A984 #459CA9 #456AA9

triadic

#459CA9 #A9459C #9CA945

tetradic

#459CA9 #8445A9 #A95245 #6AA945

square

#459CA9 #8445A9 #A95245 #6AA945

split-complementary

#459CA9 #A9456A #A98445

monochromatic

#224C52 #33747E #459CA9 #69B6C2 #95CBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#459CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#459CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CA9

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CA9	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.085 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9c2',
    500: '#459ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ca9;
$custom-light: #83b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.8,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64494,
    "c": 0.08487,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CA9

secondary

#BF918A

accent

#6656D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CA9

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

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