#459E86#459E86

#459E86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.093 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E86
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 134)
HSL	hsl(164, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -32.64, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 32.96, 172.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0926 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.093 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9822, 27.4384, 26.8454)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E86 #9E455D

analogous

#459E5A #459E86 #458A9E

triadic

#459E86 #86459E #9E8645

tetradic

#459E86 #5A459E #9E455D #8A9E45

square

#459E86 #5A459E #9E455D #8A9E45

split-complementary

#459E86 #9E458A #9E5A45

monochromatic

#20493E #327362 #459E86 #65BCA4 #8FCEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#459E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#459E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E86

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E86	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.093 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bba9',
    500: '#459e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e86;
$custom-light: #81bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.82,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.09332,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E86

secondary

#BA8593

accent

#5979CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E86

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

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