#459E7E#459E7E

#459E7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E7E
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 126)
HSL	hsl(158, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 20.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -34.58, 8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 35.67, 165.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0964 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.099 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4452, 27.2236, 24.0173)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E7E #9E4565

analogous

#459E52 #459E7E #45929E

triadic

#459E7E #7E459E #9E7E45

tetradic

#459E7E #52459E #9E4565 #929E45

square

#459E7E #52459E #9E4565 #929E45

split-complementary

#459E7E #9E4592 #9E5245

monochromatic

#20493A #32735C #459E7E #65BC9C #8FCEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#459E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#459E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E7E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E7E	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B947C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bba3',
    500: '#459e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e7e;
$custom-light: #80bba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.427,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6358,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E7E

secondary

#BA8598

accent

#5983CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E7E

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

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