#459E8A#459E8A

#459E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.091 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E8A
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -31.64, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 31.73, 175.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0907 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.091 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2665, 27.5521, 28.3426)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E8A #9E4559

analogous

#459E5E #459E8A #45869E

triadic

#459E8A #8A459E #9E8A45

tetradic

#459E8A #5E459E #9E4559 #869E45

square

#459E8A #5E459E #9E4559 #869E45

split-complementary

#459E8A #9E4586 #9E5E45

monochromatic

#204940 #327365 #459E8A #65BCA8 #8FCEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#459E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#459E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E8A

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E8A	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.091 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbac',
    500: '#459e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e8a;
$custom-light: #81bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.517,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63924,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E8A

secondary

#BA8591

accent

#5973CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E8A

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

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