#459E8F#459E8F

#459E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.088 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E8F
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -30.35, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 30.35, 180.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0884 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.088 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6368, 27.7002, 30.2931)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E8F #9E4554

analogous

#459E63 #459E8F #45819E

triadic

#459E8F #8F459E #9E8F45

tetradic

#459E8F #63459E #9E4554 #819E45

square

#459E8F #63459E #9E4554 #819E45

split-complementary

#459E8F #9E4581 #9E6345

monochromatic

#204942 #327368 #459E8F #65BCAD #8FCEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#459E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#459E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E8F

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E8F	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98968E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.088 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbaf',
    500: '#459e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e8f;
$custom-light: #81bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.888,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64079,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E8F

secondary

#BA858E

accent

#596DCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E8F

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

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