#459DAE#459DAE

#459DAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.087 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DAE
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -21.10, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 26.94, 218.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0736 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.087 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1481, 28.4329, 44.3571)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459DAE #AE5645

analogous

#45AE8A #459DAE #4569AE

triadic

#459DAE #AE459D #9DAE45

tetradic

#459DAE #8A45AE #AE5645 #69AE45

square

#459DAE #8A45AE #AE5645 #69AE45

split-complementary

#459DAE #AE4569 #AE8A45

monochromatic

#224E56 #347582 #459DAE #6CB6C5 #97CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#459DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#459DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DAE

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DAE	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.087 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bac6',
    500: '#459dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459dae;
$custom-light: #83bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.714,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64933,
    "c": 0.08701,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DAE

secondary

#C2958D

accent

#6955D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DAE

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

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