#459D99#459D99

#459D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.084 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459D99
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -27.17, -5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 27.80, 192.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0826 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.084 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2585, 27.6771, 34.4054)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459D99 #9D4549

analogous

#459D6D #459D99 #45759D

triadic

#459D99 #99459D #9D9945

tetradic

#459D99 #6D459D #9D4549 #759D45

square

#459D99 #6D459D #9D4549 #759D45

split-complementary

#459D99 #9D4575 #9D6D45

monochromatic

#204846 #327270 #459D99 #64BBB7 #8FCECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#459D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#459D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459D99

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459D99	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.084 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bab7',
    500: '#459d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459d99;
$custom-light: #82bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 38.938,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64157,
    "c": 0.08426,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459D99

secondary

#B98587

accent

#595ECF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #459D99

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

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