#459E8B#459E8B

#459E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.090 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E8B
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(167, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -31.38, 1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 31.44, 176.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0902 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.09 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3392, 27.5812, 28.7256)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E8B #9E4558

analogous

#459E5F #459E8B #45859E

triadic

#459E8B #8B459E #9E8B45

tetradic

#459E8B #5F459E #9E4558 #859E45

square

#459E8B #5F459E #9E4558 #859E45

split-complementary

#459E8B #9E4585 #9E5F45

monochromatic

#204940 #327366 #459E8B #65BCA9 #8FCEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#459E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#459E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E8B

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E8B	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.090 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbac',
    500: '#459e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e8b;
$custom-light: #81bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.191,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63955,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E8B

secondary

#BA8590

accent

#5972CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E8B

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

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