#459D8A#459D8A

#459D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459D8A
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(167, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -31.16, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 31.23, 176.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0896 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.09 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0966, 27.2123, 28.2860)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459D8A #9D4558

analogous

#459D5E #459D8A #45849D

triadic

#459D8A #8A459D #9D8A45

tetradic

#459D8A #5E459D #9D4558 #849D45

square

#459D8A #5E459D #9D4558 #849D45

split-complementary

#459D8A #9D4584 #9D5E45

monochromatic

#20483F #327265 #459D8A #64BBA8 #8FCEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#459D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#459D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459D8A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459D8A	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81baac',
    500: '#459d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459d8a;
$custom-light: #81baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.045,
    "s": 38.938,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63671,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459D8A

secondary

#B98590

accent

#5972CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459D8A

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

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