#459E8D#459E8D

#459E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.089 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E8D
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -30.87, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 30.88, 178.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0893 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.089 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4867, 27.6401, 29.5023)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E8D #9E4556

analogous

#459E60 #459E8D #45839E

triadic

#459E8D #8D459E #9E8D45

tetradic

#459E8D #60459E #9E4556 #839E45

square

#459E8D #60459E #9E4556 #839E45

split-complementary

#459E8D #9E4583 #9E6045

monochromatic

#204941 #327367 #459E8D #65BCAB #8FCEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#459E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#459E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E8D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E8D	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.089 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbae',
    500: '#459e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e8d;
$custom-light: #81bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.539,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64016,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E8D

secondary

#BA858F

accent

#596FCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E8D

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

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