#459D96#459D96

#459D96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.085 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459D96
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -28.00, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 28.33, 188.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.084 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.085 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0139, 27.5792, 33.1168)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459D96 #9D454C

analogous

#459D6A #459D96 #45789D

triadic

#459D96 #96459D #9D9645

tetradic

#459D96 #6A459D #9D454C #789D45

square

#459D96 #6A459D #9D454C #789D45

split-complementary

#459D96 #9D4578 #9D6A45

monochromatic

#204845 #32726D #459D96 #64BBB4 #8FCEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#459D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#459D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459D96

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459D96	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.085 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bab4',
    500: '#459d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459d96;
$custom-light: #81bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.227,
    "s": 38.938,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64055,
    "c": 0.08488,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459D96

secondary

#B98589

accent

#5962CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459D96

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

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