#459CAC#459CAC

#459CAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.086 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CAC
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -21.18, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 26.66, 217.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0733 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.086 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7861, 28.0185, 43.2817)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CAC #AC5545

analogous

#45AC88 #459CAC #4569AC

triadic

#459CAC #AC459C #9CAC45

tetradic

#459CAC #8845AC #AC5545 #69AC45

square

#459CAC #8845AC #AC5545 #69AC45

split-complementary

#459CAC #AC4569 #AC8845

monochromatic

#224D55 #337480 #459CAC #6BB6C4 #96CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#459CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#459CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CAC

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CAC	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.086 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9c4',
    500: '#459cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cac;
$custom-light: #83b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64611,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CAC

secondary

#C1948C

accent

#6955D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CAC

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

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