#459DAD#459DAD

#459DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.087 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DAD
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -21.40, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 26.86, 217.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.074 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.087 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0510, 28.3941, 43.8456)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459DAD #AD5545

analogous

#45AD89 #459DAD #4569AD

triadic

#459DAD #AD459D #9DAD45

tetradic

#459DAD #8945AD #AD5545 #69AD45

square

#459DAD #8945AD #AD5545 #69AD45

split-complementary

#459DAD #AD4569 #AD8945

monochromatic

#224E55 #347581 #459DAD #6BB6C4 #97CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#459DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#459DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DAD

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DAD	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.087 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bac5',
    500: '#459dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459dad;
$custom-light: #83bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64893,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DAD

secondary

#C1958C

accent

#6855D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DAD

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

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