#459E79#459E79

#459E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E79
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(155, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -35.73, 11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 37.51, 162.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0988 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.103 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1306, 27.0977, 22.3604)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E79 #9E456A

analogous

#459E4D #459E79 #45979E

triadic

#459E79 #79459E #9E7945

tetradic

#459E79 #4D459E #9E456A #979E45

square

#459E79 #4D459E #9E456A #979E45

split-complementary

#459E79 #9E4597 #9E4D45

monochromatic

#204938 #327358 #459E79 #65BC97 #8FCEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#459E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#459E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E79

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E79	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bb9f',
    500: '#459e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e79;
$custom-light: #80bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.056,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63447,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E79

secondary

#BA859B

accent

#598ACF

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E79

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

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